The Bureaucratic Trap: Why Speaker Suleman’s perceived illegal committees may be Malawi’s only hope
When Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman bypassed established legislative procedures to unilaterally constitute 12 joint ad hoc committees, the predictable chorus of constitutional purists immediately cried foul. Critics point to Section 56(6) of the Constitution and Standing Orders, rightly noting that committee creation requires collective parliamentary ratification. Yet, as High Court Judge Allan Muhome grants...malawi parliament·Sameer Suleman