Members of the House of Representatives are divided over the necessity or otherwise of the amendment to the Act establishing the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Code of Conduct Tribunal, already kick started by the Senate.
The parliamentarians admitted that the bill seeking amendment to the Act is already before the House.
But they expressed divergent views on the desirability for the review,
particularly at a time the Senate President is being tried by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The Senate began the process of amending the Act establishing the CCB and the CCT; citing the need to give every public officer appearing before the tribunal, a fair hearing, justice and equity.
Public outcry has since greeted Senate’s move as those against it believe it is a way of rendering the CCT useless.
