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State of emergency ends on Friday but national assembly reveals sitting for extension

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The National Assembly will convene its second extraordinary session in 2020 Legislative Year, the clerk’s office has announced.

The session will begin on Friday 15 May and end on Wednesday 20 May.

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According to the clerk’s office, important urgent matters of state would be discussed among them ‘the further Extension of the period of the State of Public Emergency’ – which will take place on Friday.

The session would also look at the Revised Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, 2020 and the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2020.

“The Hon. Attorney General and Minister for Justice and the Hon. Ministers for Finance & Economic Affairs shall table the aforesaid businesses respectively for the consideration of the Assembly.

“The Sittings commences at 10:00am prompt. However, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Chambers (sittings) are not opened to the General Public but the proceedings will be broadcast live,” the clerk’s office said.

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