Supreme Court Declared  That Several Clauses of 20A Unconstitutional

The determination of the Supreme Court was informed to the House by the Speaker  today(19) .  Accordingly, the Supreme Court had found several clauses of the proposed 20th amendment to the constitution to be inconsistent with the constitution and that a referendum will be required to legally establish the proposed Bill.  Followed by  a referendum it has to be endorsed and certified by the President in accordance with article 80 of the constitution.

The Speaker also stated the clauses in question will require a 2/3 majority in parliament following the referendum.

It was also ordered to include the determination of the Supreme Court in the record of today’s parliamentary proceedings.