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The Vanguard newspaper has said that President Jonathan's reason for refusing to sign the Constitution Amendment Bill may be false, as he already signed the original amendment bill.
It is because of this that the senate is asking the president to return to them the copy of the bill they forwarded to him.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Commission, Ekweremadu said that the committee had temporarily suspended its retreat because nothing can go on without the return of the original copy of the amended bill - he said the work of the committee will be guided by the contents of the bill.
Vanguard says: He also said that the committee noticed that in the second to the last paragraph of that letter, the President said he was returning the bill with the letter, but, “unfortunately, the bill was not returned with the letter and we could not proceed because we would like to see the returned bill.”
The Senate President said, “There is a bit of urgency in this; so, in writing, we should indicate that we should have it at the earliest possible time. We cannot put a time frame like within two days or three days, that would not be correct.”
However, sources in the Senate claimed that the President signed the original bill sent to him, but perhaps may have pressurised by some forces to withdraw the signature, hence he resorted to writing the letter raising constitutional breaches.
The sources claimed that Jonathan’s action amounted to double standard and would be deemed as fraud, saying his refusal to send back the original copy of the bill could lead to the commencement of his impeachment."
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Source: #Vanguard
It is because of this that the senate is asking the president to return to them the copy of the bill they forwarded to him.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Commission, Ekweremadu said that the committee had temporarily suspended its retreat because nothing can go on without the return of the original copy of the amended bill - he said the work of the committee will be guided by the contents of the bill.
Vanguard says: He also said that the committee noticed that in the second to the last paragraph of that letter, the President said he was returning the bill with the letter, but, “unfortunately, the bill was not returned with the letter and we could not proceed because we would like to see the returned bill.”
The Senate President said, “There is a bit of urgency in this; so, in writing, we should indicate that we should have it at the earliest possible time. We cannot put a time frame like within two days or three days, that would not be correct.”
However, sources in the Senate claimed that the President signed the original bill sent to him, but perhaps may have pressurised by some forces to withdraw the signature, hence he resorted to writing the letter raising constitutional breaches.
The sources claimed that Jonathan’s action amounted to double standard and would be deemed as fraud, saying his refusal to send back the original copy of the bill could lead to the commencement of his impeachment."
Click here to read more
Source: #Vanguard