ISLAMABAD, March 2, 2018: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was prorogued sine die on Friday without taking its scheduled business amidst lawmakers’ protest against inclusion of the oath-taking of a jailed member-elect on the Orders of the Day, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

Following are some key observations of the House proceedings during 19^th and last sitting of the 27^th session:

Members’ Participation

• The KP Assembly met for 12 minutes.
• The sitting started at 1122 hours against the scheduled time 1100 hours.
• The Speaker presided over the entire sitting while the Deputy Speaker was also present.
• The Chief Minister did not attend the sitting.
• The Leader of the Opposition attended the entire sitting.
• As many as 50 MPAs (40%) were present at outset and 20 (16%) at adjournment of the sitting.
• The parliamentary leaders of PML-N, QWP-S, PPPP, ANP and JI attended the sitting.
• As many as two minority lawmakers were present during the sitting.

Output

• The House did not take up the legislative business.

Representation and Responsiveness

• The House did not take up the Starred Questions.

Order and Institutionalization

• A lawmaker raised a Point of Order consuming three minutes of the proceedings.
• The treasury and opposition lawmakers jointly staged a protest against including the oath-taking of a minority member-elect on the Orders of the Day.
• The Chair announced the prorogation of the session immediately after the identification of quorum by a PPPP lawmaker at 1133 hours.

Transparency

• ‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.
• Information on Members’ attendance is not available to observers and media.

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The daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly proceedings conducted by United Rural Development Organization (URDO) – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are regretted.