Deputy speaker of the National Assembly ATTRACTOR CHISANGANO was this afternoon forced to instruct chairperson of committees of the whole house to suspend consideration of estimates of expenditure for the Office of the President and State House after opposition members protested on the floor.The protest started when leader of the opposition in the house Brian Mundubile, who was called to debate the Motion of Supply-Head One (1) which covers estimates of expenditure Office of the President and State presented by Vice President Mutale Nalumango called on the chairperson to halt debate.According to Mundubile, who is also member of Parliament for Mporokoso, proceeding to debate head one constituted an illegality.He said the mandate of the President to discharge his constitutional functions was derived from Article 33 and 34 of the constitution, Act No 18 of 1996 according to the yellow book.He stated that as it stands however the whole of part four (4) of Act No18 […]
OPPOSITION MPS MAKE NOISE
