5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second. This is a very important Motion that will be coming and it needs to be debated before we go on recess. I second.
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4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on its Consideration of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2017. This is in regard to the Bill which you withdrew last week to allow us to file our Report. In the process, we have received serious objections from one of the Commissioners of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). As you know, the proposed amendments originated from the Judiciary. We are very surprised because the Chief Justice (CJ) forwarded those amendments to us and then ...
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30 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.
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30 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, we undertook to table the report yesterday with respect to the Office of the Attorney-General (Amendment) Bill, and the Elections Laws (Amendment) Bill.
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30 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
We adopted both of them this morning, because public participation had already been undertaken. The only thing that had remained was for the Committee to adopt the various proposals, including the one from the Judiciary. We adopted them this morning. We will file our report on Tuesday for both of them. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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30 Mar 2017 in National Assembly:
That is correct, until we file our report on Tuesday, Hon. Speaker.
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