ISLAMABAD, June 24, 2016: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly approved 50 Supplementary Demands for Grants for financial year 2015-16 on Friday during 8^th (last) sitting of its 19^th session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

Following are some key observations of the House proceedings:

Members’ Participation

• The KP Assembly met for an hour and 42 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1410 hours against the scheduled time of 1400 hours.
• 33 lawmakers (27%) were present at the start and 68 (55%) at the end of the sitting.
• The Speaker chaired the entire sitting.
• The Deputy Speaker was present.
• The Chief Minister and the Opposition Leader attended the entire sitting.
• The Finance Minister remained present during the entire proceedings.
• The parliamentary leaders of QWP, JI and ANP attended the sitting.
• Two minority members were present.
• Eight members applied for leave.

Output

• A resolution to bring members’ remuneration at par with Balochistan Assembly was adopted by the House.
• Minister for Finance presented the Authenticated Schedule of authorized expenditures before the House for the year 2015-2016.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House approved 50 Supplementary Demands for Grants for financial year 2015-16. Chief Minister spoke about it for 16 minutes.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and others.
• The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the observers and media.

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This daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the KP Assembly proceeding conducted by United Rural Development Organization (URDO) – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are excepted.