First Parliament session tomorrow

Parliament will sit for the first time in this 10th Parliament on Tuesday, August 22, at 2pm.

James Marape, who will continue to serve as the Leader of Government Business for the second successive term, continuing from 2012, says Parliament will use the session as the opening ceremony.

“We will have the opening ceremony and adjourn to 12th of September to give time for Government to prepare its businesses that will include a supplementary budget that government is looking into.”

He said one of the priority agenda to be tabled during the Parliament session is the Independent Commission Against Corruption bill.

"With many focuses on corruption, the O'Neill-Abel government also wants to bring the Independent Commission Against Corruption bill as early as we can and we hope our friends from the opposition bench will support us,” he said.

“Our Government is a reformist as per our Alotau Accord 2, with the view to unlock our national wealth through resource law reforms that are both win-win for our nation as well as our investors.” 

It is also expected that Marape will be making appointments to all important Parliamentary Committee that will see a lot of bipartisan presence in this 10th parliament.

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Author: 
Freddy Mou