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No third term bill again
By
Denis Mzembe - 09-12-2002 |
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The famous third term bill will not be on the agenda when Parliament sits for a three-day extraordinary session from Wednesday, it has been learnt.
Parliament officials said on Monday the House will discuss and authorise government to borrow K425 million (US$50 million) for drought relief from the World Bank and other bills left over from the last sitting in October.
Speaker Sam Mpasu said in an interview that some cabinet ministers have indicated they would raise other issues which cannot wait until the next sitting in March to be debated during the sitting which ends on Friday.
“But I will know everything else when the leader of the house briefs me about what’s on the agenda,” Mpasu said.
Mpasu also indicated the third term bill which proposes an amendment to section 83 of the constitution to extend the limit of five-year terms for the President from two to three, will not be tabled during the sitting.
This was corroborated by Attorney General Henry Phoya who suggested that the sitting was for more serious issues.
“It’s not on the menu. We’ll adopt the same spirit we adopted last time that only very pertinent issues should be discussed,” he said.
In a separate interview Leader of the House Harry Thomson said during the three day sitting, which will cost government about K9 million, parliamentarians will discuss two money authorisation bills, the science and technology bill and the penal code bill.
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