In Summary
- MP argues amendments aimed at reducing the wage bill, fix the number of MPs, have constituency boundaries reviewed in terms of population distribution and create a legal system to help attain the gender principle.
- Mr Neto’s suggestion would necessitate the amendment of nine sections of the Constitution approved in 2010; Articles 82 (b), 88 (k), 89 (1), 97 (c), 98 (b), 98 (c), 98 (d) and 101.
Ndhiwa legislator Agostino Neto has proposed amendments to the Constitution to reduce the number of MPs.
Mr
Neto argues his amendments are aimed at reducing the wage bill, fix the
number of MPs, have constituency boundaries reviewed in terms of
population distribution and create a legal system to help attain the
gender principle.
The youthful MP
also wants to have the Presidential and Parliamentary elections held on
different dates “to help foster democracy”.
Mr Neto is a former activist and he announced his proposal on the same day activists staged an
He also aims to remove the provision for Nominated MPs.
Mr
Neto’s suggestion would necessitate the amendment of nine sections of
the Constitution approved in 2010; Articles 82 (b), 88 (k), 89 (1), 97
(c), 98 (b), 98 (c), 98 (d) and 101.
“The
proposed amendments will help in the realisation of rights, especially
on the election of Women MPs. The amendments will have a direct
budgetary implication as it will help in reducing the wage bill by
having few MPs,” he says in his letter to the Speaker of the National
Assembly.
He has asked the Speaker to “find the amendments worthy of consideration and permit debate on the same.”
Mr
Neto says the deletion of Article 82 (b) would ensure nobody is
nominated as MP and 88(k) would also be deleted. He proposes to have
only 304 MPs- 210 from the constituencies and 94 consisting two women
MPs from each of the 47 constituencies.
He
proposes to have the number of MPs fixed at 304 and boundaries would be
reviewed after every census, with the Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission adjusting the boundaries appropriately.
Mr
Neto proposes that the Senate constitute 19 women elected from
counties, three adjacent counties constituting single-member
constituencies. The IEBC would be responsible for determining which
counties form single constituencies.
He has also proposed that a general election of MPs be held on the second Tuesday of December every fifth year.
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