BDP’s 40/60 Cabinet proposal: Progress or Malice?
Friday, July 29, 2022 | 2250 Views |

BDP PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The move has received mixed reactions with some quarters calling for it to be precedent by direct election of the President.
The BDP submitted a proposal before the presidential constitutional review commission seeking that the President be given the power to choose 40% of Cabinet ministers from outside the National Assembly and 60% from within Parliament.
It seems some government accounting officers, sworn to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else but the truth" before Almighty God, may have deliberately lied during the committee’s vital work. If proven, this is not merely unprofessional; it is perjury, a serious criminal offence and it strikes at the very heart of responsible government.The PAC’s role is fundamental. After each financial year, it painstakingly examines how public...