PP measure did visit scrutiny queue: Wan
PUBLISHED: 26 Dec 2024 at 05: 53
According to parliament president Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, bills requiring section-by-section revisions to the 2017 law may be examined by congress in the middle of January.
Currently, there are 17 proposals seeking to revise the charter section-by-section and another bill, sponsored by the opposition People’s Party, seeking to amend Section 256 of the charter to pave the way for a charter-drafting assembly ( CDA ), he said.
Mr. Wan said he intends to include the expenses along with the others for scrutiny on January 14 and 15 now that the congress president’s legitimate committee has recommended that the PP-sponsored bill remain on parliament’s agenda.
He promised to explain which act bill may be considered first with the government, the opposition, and Senate whips on January 8.
Parit Wacharasindhu, a member of the PP list, claimed that the party-proposed act putting the foundation for a CDA would immediately be introduced before parliament on Monday.
He argued that the decision was important because it would shorten the process of drafting the charter, which would result in the proposed amendment receiving two referendums as opposed to three, and a potential new charter before the upcoming general election.
The opposition group claims that two referendums are enough to pass the proposed charter rewrite without violating a new Constitutional Court ruling.
The court ruled in 2021 that if a motion to alter the whole charter is approved, a second referendum may be held to see if the new content is received with approval.
When asked about the possibility of holding only two referendums, Mr. Wan pointed out that the contract update also needs a fourth of the Senate’s support regardless of how many shells are held.
He claimed that putting expenses on the legislative agenda won’t guarantee their passage, and he is doubtful whether the Constitutional Court will seek to address the referendum-related problem once more.
” But if the contract proposals aren’t included on the plan, people will lament the lack of development”, he said.
Earlier, Mr Wan said the charges seeking to update the mandate section-by-section would hardly contradict the Constitutional Court’s 2021 decision because they don’t targeted the complete charter.