GIRLS TALKING ABOUT A GOOD KI$ER

Thematic committees of Legislature Parliament are mandated to make the government accountable to the people-elected legislature by monitoring and evaluating the activities of the executive and by providing directives and suggestions, according to rule 110 of Legislature Parliament Regulations.

However, here is a concrete example of how the committees are performing less due to the neglect of top leaders of political parties, who give no priority to the committee meetings.After 21 members of the 47-member Good Governance and Monitoring Committee remained absent from five consecutive meetings without informing the panel chairman, a meeting of the panel today decided to draw the attention of the absentees through their parliamentary parties and Speaker Onsari Gharti.

The 21 leaders have blatantly flouted Rule 122 of the Legislature Parliament Regulations by remaining absent from five consecutive meetings of the committee.Thematic committees of Legislature Parliament are mandated to make the government accountable to the people-elected legislature by monitoring and evaluating the activities of the executive and by providing directives and suggestions, according to rule 110 of Legislature Parliament Regulations.