PP measure did visit scrutiny queue: Wan
PUBLISHED: 26 Dec 2024 at 05: 53
According to parliament leader Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, costs requiring section-by-section revisions to the 2017 Constitution will be examined by congress in mid-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.
On January 8, he promised to explain which act bill may be taken up first with the government, the opposition, and Senate whips.
PP list-MP Parit Wacharasindhu claimed on Monday that the party-proposed legislation laying out the steps to creating a CDA may be immediately before congress.
He argued that the decision was critical because it would shorten the process of drafting the charter, which might result in the creation of a new charter before the upcoming general election.
The opposition group claims that the proposed charter rewrite would not violate a new Constitutional Court ruling by holding two referendums as enough.
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 fresh content is received with approval.
When asked about the possibility of holding only two referendums, Mr. Wan emphasized that the contract rewrite also requires a second of the Senate’s support regardless of how many rounds are held.
He claimed that putting costs on the legislative agenda does not promise their passage, and he is doubtful whether the Constitutional Court’s decision will be sought once to address the referendum-related problem.
” But if the contract proposals aren’t included on the objective, people will lament the lack of improvement”, 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.