The Bill to amend the 2013 Constitution has been defeated in Parliament as the Government did not meet the 75 percent requirement.<\/p>\n
40 MPs voted for the amendment, 14 were against it and one Member of Parliament did not vote.<\/p>\n
This means the review process will not proceed.<\/p>\n
The Government required 41 votes.<\/p>\n
The Bill sought to change the requirement for the 75 percent of the Members of Parliament needed to amend the Constitution and to also entirely remove the requirement of a referendum and support of 75 percent of the registered voters under Section 160.<\/p>\n
It also sought to amend Section 159(c) relating to repealing, infringing or diminishing the effect of Chapter 11 of the Constitution which is about amendments to the Constitution.<\/p>\n
While speaking in his Right of Reply, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says they have not been unfaithful to the Constitution and they are still working in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.<\/p>\n
Rabuka says they want the amendment to take place so that it reflects a more reasonable way of exercising the will of the people.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister says they are not going against the Constitution, and they were tabling the second reading because that is what it demands.<\/p>\n
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