ISLAMABAD, June 17, 2019 The Sindh Assembly on Monday commenced the debate on the provincial budget 2019-20 in the House, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during fourth sitting of the 5^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The House met for three hours and 59 minutes however, the proceedings remained suspended for three minutes due to prayer break.
• The sitting started at 1500 hours against the scheduled time of 1300 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the sitting for two hours and 14 minutes while the Deputy Speaker chaired the rest of the proceedings.
• The Leaders of the House did not attend the sitting.

• The Leader of the Opposition attended the proceedings for an hour and 47 minutes.
• As many as 48 MPAs (29%) were present at the outset and 44 (27%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, TLP and MMAP attended the proceedings.
•  As many as seven out of nine minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Representation and Responsiveness

• A total of 15 lawmakers (eight from PPPP, four PTI, two MQMP and one from GDA) participated in the budget debate for three hours and 33 minutes.

Order and Institutionalization

• The House was adjourned to meet again on June 18, 2019 (Tuesday) at 1000 hours.

Transparency                                                              

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.
• The attendance of lawmakers was available to the media and observers.
  

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This Daily Factsheet is based on direct observation of the Assembly proceedings conducted by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are excepted