Government proposes to annul clauses in the constitution preventing no confidence votes against cabinet ministers without a reasonable cause
Attorney general has filed a case to the Supreme Court to do a judicial review on some clauses in the constitution preventing no confidence votes against cabinet ministers without a reasonable cause.
AG office has filed a case to do a judicial review on Article 101 of the constitution. The article states that a written statement with signatures of 10 parliament members can submit a no confidence motion against any cabinet member. If the motion passes with a simple majority in the parliament, that cabinet member will have to be removed from the position.
The case filed by AG office states that no confidence votes against cabinet members cannot be taken for political motives and it can only be done when there is a reasonable cause. Speaking at the hearing today at the Supreme Court, the AG lawyer said that it is a feature of the parliamentary system to take no confidence vote against cabinet members without any cause and if this can be misused in a republican system the services provided by the government can be disrupted.
In addition, the lawyer said that only president has the authority to remove cabinet members without any reason and cabinet members should be answerable only to the president. The lawyer said that the role of the parliament is only to monitor.
Only High Court and the Supreme Court can preside over cases like this.
Government proposes to annul clauses in the constitution preventing no confidence votes
