“Yesterday, most of the media houses published stories that a letter was written by the chairman of our party, the APC, and we were expecting that that letter, which has been received in your office, will be read in order to see to the resolution of the party leadership tussle.
“I believe that that letter should have been read to the hearing of all senators here present. Perhaps, that will be the solution to the leadership tussle in the Senate,” he said.
Senator Bala Na’Allah countered him by raising the same Order 28 and declared that Ashafa’s motion could not stand. “By the ordinary principles of interpretation of documents that have been agreed by parties, the ordinary letters and words used must be given their effective meaning.
“Order 28 used ‘from’, not ‘by’. What this seeks to do is to deter the internally displaced side from nominating the majority leader and to confer it on APC, which incidentally happens to have the highest number in the 8th Senate,” he said.
Ruling on the two motions, the Senate president said: “I have listened to Senators Ashafa and Na’ala. Going by the rules and what has been said earlier, I think, I will just note what Senator Ashafa has said and we will leave the matter like that. And in that case, I rule that out of order.”
Also, Senator Kabri Marafa raised a motion drawing attention to Order 110, 3 (e) (i), which stated that ‘any senator desiring to amend any part of the Rules or alter any clause shall give notice to such amendment and write to the president of the Senate, giving details of the proposed amendment’.
“The president of the Senate shall within seven working days of the receipt of the notice cause the amendment to be printed and be circulated to members. Thereafter, it shall be printed in the Order Paper of the Senate,” he said.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com..
Marafa contended that the Senate Standing Orders used for the Senate’s inauguration was illegal and demanded to know from the Senate president when the chamber rules, which were used in the Seventh Senate, were changed from that of 2011.
“I am still referring to the events of June 9, 2015 in this chamber. I have two Order books and I am running into confusion and I think there is need for the president to rule; which of the Order books we going to use to coordinate the activities of this Senate?
“I have Senate Standing Orders 2011 (as amended), which I was given when I was sworn-in as a senator on June 6, 2011. When I was sworn-in last two weeks, I was handed down another Senate Standing Order 2015 (as amended). I did say that day that I cannot recall and I used the opportunity provided by the two weeks break we had – to go through the answers of the Seventh Assembly and I could not find anywhere where these rules were amended or changed.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, countered Mafara with a constitutional motion through Section 64 of the 1999 Constitution.
Ekweremadu said: “I would like to offer explanation to my friend, Senator Marafa. He is just four years old in this Senate. Some of us have been here for 12 years. From 1999 till date, this Senate has come with its own rules.
“There was Senate rule book of 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and now 2015. The reason is quite simple. If you look at Section 64 of the 1999 Constitution, it says that the Senate and House of Representatives shall each stand dissolved at the expiration of a period of four years commencing from the date of the first sitting of the house.
“So, the implication is that the rule he was referring to ended with the Senate on June 6. That is why we had Senate Rule Book of 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and now 2015. If he is seeking to amend any Senate rule, he can only amend the existing one, which is the one for 2015.
“So, between now and 2019, this particular rule will govern us and can be amended in the manner he has suggested. But until after 2019, we are going to have another Senate Rule of 2019. That has been the process and procedure since 1999. And it is based on the provisions of the constitution.”
The Senate president told Marafa that the chamber had only one rulebook, “that is Senate Standing Order 2015 (as amended). The second issue you raised about June 9, where by virtue of our actions, I will refer you again to Order 53 (6) which says that it shall be out of order to attempt to reconsider any specific question of which the Senate has come to a conclusion during the current session.
“And bringing that matter, again, goes contrary to Rule 53 (6). On this note, I will have to unfortunately rule you out of order on that matter.”
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