Government withdraws decentralisation bill
31 Dec 2009, 1:25 PM
The government has withdrawn the bill on decentralised administration after parliament reached an impasse on the controversial model of provinces in the proposed legislation.
At today’s sitting of parliament, Speaker Abdullah Shahid said the president’s office sent a letter informing him of the decision.
“Since it has become difficult to continue Majlis sittings due to disagreements among MPs on the bill on decentralised administration and as the public and political parties have requested that it be withdrawn, the president’s office said the bill was withdrawn to be submitted again in the first Majlis session of 2010 after making amendments following consultations with the public and political parties,” he said.
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