Sitta also bans
status
By Bilal Abdul-Aziz, Dodoma
National Assembly Speaker Samwel Sitta issued a directive here yesterday effectively barring Members of Parliament from any further discussion on whether Zanzibar is legally a state.
Sitta, whose intervention came as MPs shot direct questions at Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda under a recently introduced weekly procedure, invoked Rule 53 (8) of the House Standing Orders to cut off the questions and end the session.
``Rule 53 (8) of the House Standing Orders disallows any MP from reverting to any issue that has already been discussed and decided upon. Therefore, my ruling is that we shall not discuss this issue any further,`` he declared.
The Speaker explained that the Prime Minister elaborated comprehensively enough on the issue inside the House last week, including recommending that the Union and Zanzibar attorney generals pursue it jointly to its logical conclusion.
``The issue has already been handed over to the two attorney generals and when the Prime Minister made the announcement to that effect last week, honourable MPs clapped as a sign that they concurred with him,`` he said.
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