Senators ask prosecutors to probe charter amendments
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The senators on Tuesday filed a complaint asking the public prosecutors to look into the constitutionality of the push for charter change.
A group of 40 senators said the charter amendment bill, which will come up for the third reading on June 5, did not seek to revise certain provisions but aimed for drafting a new charter.
Article 291 of the Constitution empowers Parliament to amend charter provisions as deemed necessary but this mandate does not apply for discarding the charter, the senators said in their statement.
The bill, if passed the third reading, is designed for the Constitution Drafting Assembly to promulgate the new charter , the statement said.
“The bill is tantamount to a coup to tear up the Constitution,” it said.
The public prosecutors should launch an inquiry into the matter, paving way for the judicial intervention to block the government and coalition lawmakers from discarding the charter.
The Nation
