Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2013 in abeyance

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Mystery surrounds the fate of a Constitutional Amendment Bill passed by Parliament in 2013, which President Ian Khama has neither signed into law nor returned to the National Assembly.

In 2013, former Lobatse legislator Nehemiah Modubule successfully moved a bill asking Parliament to allow Members of Parliament to continue as members of the National Assembly up to and including the last day preceding a general election notwithstanding the dissolution of Parliament. 

The Bill was discussed and passed during the 10th Parliament.

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