Constitutional Amendments: Cabinet, Senate, National Assembly to meet again today
MNP – The federal cabinet, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, is set to meet today to discuss the critical constitutional amendments draft.
The session, originally scheduled for 9:30am, was first delayed till 12 noon and later till 1:30pm, and is expected to approve the draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment. Moreover, important sessions of the National Assembly and Senate will also be held again today with the constitutional amendments likely to be tabled in both houses for approval.
Meanwhile, the government has given the green signal to the National Assembly Secretariat for getting the amendments approved today.
According to government sources, the Legislature Department has prepared a supplementary agenda related to the introduction of the 26th amendment. This agenda will be presented in both the National Assembly and Senate for approval as soon as the government and speaker give the green signal.
The constitutional amendment is anticipated to be introduced in both legislative bodies by suspending the parliamentary rules. However, the amendment is not currently included in the agenda released for either the Senate or the National Assembly sessions.
The Senate session, initially scheduled for 11am and then pushed to 12:30pm, will now be held at 3pm and will be chaired by Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Senate’s six-point agenda has been issued, but the constitutional amendment bill is still not part of it.
It is likely that a supplementary agenda will be presented to introduce the bill during the session with approval from the majority of the House.
