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Cabinet decisions – Extraordinary meeting -Changes to Constitution approved |07 March 2017

A number of changes to the Constitution as well as other items of proposed legislation have been approved by the Cabinet during an extraordinary session yesterday chaired by President Danny Faure.

The changes to the Constitution include a change in the manner of succession to the presidency in the event that the post of president becomes prematurely vacant.

Under the proposed amendment, the vice-president would become president until such time that an election for a new president was held under Article 51 of the Constitution.

Other constitutional amendments include changes in the number of members of the Constitutional Appointments Authority (CAA), where the president and the leader of the opposition would each propose two members, and the fifth member, who would also be the chairperson, would be appointed by the four members; where the four members do not agree on the chairperson, they will submit four or five names to the president for consideration for appointment as chairperson.

Another constitutional amendment would increase the number of members of the Electoral Commission from five to seven, including the chairperson.

The remaining constitutional changes concerned new positions in the National Assembly.  This include formalising the post of leader of government business, and creating new posts of deputy leader of government business and deputy leader of the opposition.

The Cabinet also approved proposals to change the structural composition of the governing board of the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation, whereby the board will include members from all three main arms of government, as well as civil society, Sifco (Seychelles Interfaith Council) and the SCCI (Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry).

Cabinet also approved an increase from three to five in the number of members of the Anti-Corruption Commission, in addition to its chair and vice-chair.

An amendment to the Public Holidays Act to make Easter Monday a public holiday, and removing 5th June as a public holiday was also approved by Cabinet.

Cabinet approved proposals for a Supplementary Appropriation for 2017, amounting to some R226.5 million, for further consideration by the National Assembly.

 

 

 

 

 

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