The Senate has suspended its plan to overturn President Goodluck Jonathan’s veto of the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.
The
Senate had started the process of overturning President Jonathan’s veto
as it scheduled the Constitutional Amendment Bill for first reading on
the order paper for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Meanwhile,
the Senate has resolved to challenge the order of the Supreme Court
which demanded that the status quo be maintained in the disagreement
between the President and the Senate over the Amendment of the 1999
Constitution. The President had approached the Supreme Court seeking an
end to the move by the Senate to override his veto of some sections of
the 1999 Constitution amended by the lawmakers.
Two of the
reasons which President Jonathan gave for vetoing the fresh amendments
is that the National Assembly infringed on executive powers and also did
not comply with the constitutional provisions in the amendment of the
Constitution.
The Senate majority leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, however disagreed and blamed the executive for not voicing its concerns earlier.
The
Constitution Amendment Bill may suffer the same fate which befell it in
the 5th Assembly where the bill was thrown out in one fell swoop by
former President Obasanjo.
Although the Senate intends to
challenge the order of the Supreme Court, it is not clear how far it
can go given the fact that it has less than a month to the expiration of
the Seventh Assembly.
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