Court rejects petitions questioning charter-amendment bill

The court said the petitions did not merit judicial review because Article 154 was about the Acts only and had no bearing on amending the charter.
The ruling means the charter court will only review cases based on Article 68. The opposition contends charter change to alter the method filling senatorial seats is aimed at overthrowing the country’s political system.
Yesterday’s session did not consider this issue as the court was waiting for the 312 parliamentarians who are defendants in the case to submit their defences and clarifications to the court.
Article 154 says that the prime minister must suspend passage of a bill or an Act until the Constitutional Court rules on the law’s constitutionality.