People's National Congress (PNC) which hold parliamentary majority has said that they will be reversing their decision to have the parliament go to recess in the upcoming month of Ramadan.
People's National Congress (PNC) which hold parliamentary majority has said that they will be reversing their decision to have the parliament go to recess in the upcoming month of Ramadan.
General Purpose Committee of Parliament passed an amendment last week to shorten the first session of Parliament and go on recess during Ramadan.
The amendment was proposed by PNC MP Abdulla Rifau (Bochey), seeking to restructure the Parliament's annual schedule.
It was approved through the votes of the ruling party MPs, who hold supermajority in parliament. Opposition MDP's stance was against approving the amendment.
PNC Parliamentary Group Leader Ibrahim Falah told Mihaaru News today that PNC PG no longer want to go on recess for the entire month of Ramadan.
He said that the earlier decision had been made in light of the government announcing that the last ten days of Ramadan will be public holidays, which would shorten the period available for parliamentary work.
"What we were aiming for was to give up some other holidays we would be getting and arrange things so that maximum work could be done. If we work during Ramadan, then parliamentary sittings will be only two hours long. And then the last ten days of Ramadan are government holidays, so the parliament will also be closed. So, because we will not be able to work as effectively in Ramadan, we aimed to find a good way to address that," Falah said.
Falah said that media had reported this decision in a manner that created public discord, due to which they no longer wished to proceed with it.
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