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Constitution amendment: Senate makes U-turn
The Senate on Wednesday made a u-turn in its determination to go ahead with moves aimed at overriding President Goodluck Jonathan’s veto on the Fourth Alteration Act 2015 which seeks to further amend the 1999 Constitution.
This was made known by Senate President, David Mark after a closed-door session stating, that the senators as lawmakers, would always abide by the law of the land, since the Supreme Court had asked them to stay further action on the document.
Mark said, “We are lawmakers, we will not be law breakers. In fact we are responsible senior citizens who should not be seen to be breaking laws in one way or the other.
“However the executive should not take the National Assembly for granted any longer”, he said.
The senators had on Tuesday vowed to begin the process of overriding the President’s veto today, by taking the first reading of the bill to adopt the gazette of the controversial amendment Bill.
It would also be recalled, that the chairman, Senate Committee on Information and Public Affairs, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, had suggested that the Senate would defy the apex court when he stated that “each of the three organs of government performs distinct functions and hence, one has no right to interfere in the duties of the other”.
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Apachee zooma
May 13, 2015 at 9:32 pm
Too predictable. There is more to the volte face than meets the eye. Who wan commit political suicide?
Ifenkili
May 14, 2015 at 7:05 am
these people should go and sit down.
liquasa
May 14, 2015 at 10:11 am
This people are cRAZY…abide to what law of the land?