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KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is making preparations to table an amendment to the Constitution for the impeachment of the chief justice, writes Nazeer Leghari.
The proposed constitutional amendment draft consists of four paragraphs and four sections; sections 3 and 4 of the proposed amendment are related to the impeachment of the chief justice. Its Section 3 says the Senate with two-thirds majority can impeach the chief justice.
It is worth mentioning here that the Philippines Senate impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was accused of concealing assets worth $2.4 million. The impeachment trial of the Philippines chief justice continued for four months and was shown live on television.
Section 4 of the proposed constitutional amendment says the impeachment process will start with a resolution, which would be required to have the signatures of at least half the members of the Senate. The proposal says the chief justice could be declared disqualified after the impeachment trial.
Sections 1 and 2 of the proposed amendment are related to the Supreme Judicial Council. Section 1 says only one senior judge of the Supreme Court, except the chief justice, will be included in the Supreme Judicial Council. Section 2 says chief justices of all the four high courts will be included in the Supreme Judicial Council as its members.
PPP leader Taj Haider has prepared the draft of the proposed constitutional amendment regarding the impeachment of the chief justice and reconstitution of the Supreme Judicial Council.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-15570-New-amendment-proposes-CJs-impeachment-by-Senate
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