Parliament will vote in two months’ time to amend the Organic Law on National and Local Level Government Elections (OLPLLG).
The second reading to change the nomination fee for intending candidates in the 2017 National Elections from K1,000 to K10,000 was passed by Parliament today.
Despite calling by the Opposition bench in the chamber for a debate, the O’Neill- Dion Government flexed its numerical muscle to pass the OLPLLG without amendment.
Sir Puka Temu was the only government minister who voted for more time to debate the proposal for legislative changes.
Parliament Deputy Speaker John Simon said the vote for the amendment to change the law will happen in two months’ time and the government must muster 71 MPs vote, which is two thirds of the majority.
(Picture by Kennedy Bani)