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Sherry Rehman presented Amendment Bill 2019

07 May, 2019

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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Parliamentary Leader in Senate Sherry Rehman on Monday presented the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Substitution of Article 84), in the Senate. The bill aims at substituting Article 84 of the constitution to curtail the practice of expenditures in excess and that of supplementary grants, except in dire need or uncertainty.

Speaking on the floor of the House, Sherry said, “Parliaments have the authority to pass supplementary budgets under emergency situations and that is exactly what Article 84 is, an emergency clause. But now, it is continuously being exploited. This cannot be the new normal. Entire budgets should be passed after undergoing parliamentary oversight. In the UK as well as in the neighbouring India, supplementary grants pass through the parliament.”

“We have noticed that over the past 10 years, the supplementary grants are dramatically increasing. So much so, that in the last fiscal year, supplementary grants increased by 93% as compared to 2017. This is taxpayers’ money. How can such a substantial increase in supplementary grants bypass the parliament?” Sherry asked.

She said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI’s) former finance minister had also acknowledged that in the interests of better governance, supplementary grants should be phased out. “However, he was unable to do it and the incoming finance minister has already passed some supplementary grants in the ECC meeting,” she said. “We have seen in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that there is a growing reliance on supplementary grants amongst institutions. Ideally, the National Assembly should be authorising this, but presently it falls on the PAC.

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