Deputies
at the National Assembly on Monday withdrew the Women’s (Amendment of
Discrimination laws) Bill, 2019 and the Information and Communication
(Amendment) Bill, 2019.
The
attorney general and minister for Justice, Abubacarr Tambedou, tabled the
withdrawal of the two motions before the lawmakers.
Tabling
the motion, Tambedou reminded that the reason for the withdrawal of the Women’s
Amendment Bill 2019 is to enable the Ministry to adopt a different approach to
the tabling of the different legislatures that are captured in the Bill before
the parliament.
“We
are coming back in different way but we want to withdraw this Bill as the first
step before we do that,” he added.
Moving
further, Minister Tambedou indicated
that the reason for the withdrawal of the Information and Communication
Amendment Bill 2019, the Ministry of Information, Communication and
Infrastructure wishes to consult further on this and the consultation would
include the Select Committee on Education, Training and Information
Communication Technology (ICT) of the National Assembly in order to provide an
opportunity for that consultation to take place so that any feedback captured
in the Bill would be presented back to parliament.
