27/02/2024
The Caretaker Federal Government has requested the President Co-Dr. Arif Alvi to reconsider the decision to convene a meeting of the National Assembly. According to the media, the federal government has responded to the objections of the president on the summary, in which the caretaker federal government requested the president to reconsider the decision. Nowhere in Article 91 is it written that the meeting cannot be called if the House is incomplete, the President has the discretion and privilege to stop the meeting under Article 91.
Under Article 54 of the Constitution, the President can only adjourn the regular meeting, not the regular meeting but the extraordinary meeting is a requirement of the constitution. It is not written anywhere that if there are no special seats, the meeting cannot be held, under Clause 2 of Article 91, it is necessary to call the meeting on the 21st day of the election. Even if the President does not call the meeting on February 29, the meeting will be held on the same day. Moreover, the Caretaker Prime Minister once again sent an advice to the President to convene the inaugural session of the National Assembly. What is the principled decision to call the meeting after the completion of the constitutional deadline?
On behalf of the caretaker Prime Minister, the President Dr. Arif Alvi has been sent, the recommendations have suggested to convene a meeting of the Assembly under the Constitution and it has been said that under the Constitution, calling the meeting within 21 days of the elections is a constitutional deadline. According to the deadline mentioned in the Constitution, the President of the State should convene the meeting of the National Assembly as soon as possible. Alternative arrangements for convening the meeting of the National Assembly have been completed due to the failure of the President to convene the meeting. done
The notification of the National Assembly session is likely to be issued between Wednesday and Thursday night. It should be noted that a summary was sent to President Arif Alvi to convene a meeting of the National Assembly on behalf of the caretaker Prime Minister, which he rejected and sent back. President Arif Alvi had taken this position that the seats of women and minorities should be completed first and then the meeting would be called.
The House is not complete yet, some specific seats are yet to be decided. President Arif Alvi was sent a summary by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 5 days ago. Regarding convening the meeting of the National Assembly, the caretaker federal government was of the opinion that under Section 2 of Article 91, it is mandatory to call the meeting for 21 days, even if the President does not call the meeting, the meeting of the National Assembly will be held on February 29 anyway and on February 29 The meeting to be held will be in accordance with the constitution. The caretaker federal government is of the opinion that the meeting to be held on February 29 will be in accordance with the constitution Alvi
