By Patience Longwe and Pixson Chipeso
Leader of Parliament, Hon. Richard Chimwendo Banda, has stated that the Judicial Service Commission Bill failed to pass due to insufficient registrars in the house.
Chimwendo said this at pariament in Lilongwe on Thursday.
“In this case at least 128 of the members must be available in the house but today we were about 121 members meaning that over 62 members were absent which is a very pathetic situation, we don’t need to reach that level. We need members of parliament to be available in the house if those members were present in the house it means we would have been able to process this piece of legislation,” he said.
He added that he has since asked members of parliament to be available for the following parliamentary sitting for them to carry out the judicial service commission legislation.
Chimwendo explained that processing a piece of legislation does not automatically mean the outcome will be a “yes.” He said the purpose is to discuss the matter, gather votes, and understand the sentiments of Malawians, as Members of Parliament represent the people.
Minister of Justice, Titus Mvalo said the bill was very essential and important since it does reform the judiciary.
” As you know, people often raise concerns about the judiciary and various other issues. These Bills are intended to address some of those concerns, which is why we came here to present them,” he said.
