CHAOS AT PARLEY WORKSHOP
CHAOS AT PARLEY WORKSHOP
CONFUSION reigned yesterday at a workshop held by Parliament at Taj Pamodzi Hotel, where members from both the ruling UPND party and the opposition collectively rejected new standing orders imposed by the management of the National Assembly.
Speaker Nelly Mutti, through the National Assembly has introduced what the law makers consider draconian standing orders and imposed them without the consent of Legislators, raising significant concerns about how debate in the House was going to be governed and conducted.
One of the most controversial aspects is that the 2025 national budget would not undergo public scrutiny, as a sector-based approach has been adopted, allowing only government-friendly MPs to debate critical issues such as the budget through committees.