LAHORE:
The participants of the Joint Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) have urged the need to take collective measures to maintain peace in the region, deal with terrorism with an iron hand, fight against bad economic conditions and Design comprehensive climate change policies.
The conference described a vital platform for regional parliamentary collaboration while reinforcing the commitments to sustainable governance, democracy and regional collective progress.
The inaugural ceremony of the conference took place at the Punjab Assembly. The event was attended by more than 100 representatives of 20 legislatures, including Delegations of Sri Lanka, Las Maldivas, the United Kingdom, Zambia, Malaysia and Pakistan.
The distinguished guests included 13 speakers, 4 attached speakers and 1 president. The president of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, adorned the session as the main guest, while the president of the CPA, Dr. Christopher Kalila, praised the initiative as a very necessary step for the regional parliamentary commitment.
When heading to the conference, the president of the CPA, Dr. Kalila, said that the long -standing issue of the legal status of the CPA was now about to be about a resolution. The CPA State Law project approved its third reading in the House of Commons on December 18, 2024 and also received real assent.
Senator Pele Peter Tinggom in Malaysia said: “We face numerous challenges and it is necessary to take collective measures to face these challenges.”
He said that global health crises were emerging ahead and “we have to declare a health emergency so that we can fight against Covid diseases. We have to maintain peace in the region and the need for the time is to maintain our economies. “
The general secretary of CPA, Mataya, said that this was a new opportunity to formulate a strategy by making legislation in a new address. He emphasized the importance of strengthening and stabilizing Parliament.
The vice president of the United Kingdom Commons, Nusrat Ghani, declared that constructive criticisms in parliamentary democracy could help improve the democratic system. He also highlighted the need to make CPA and IPA platforms more effective.
During the conference, the Saangor Malaysia Lau Weng San speaker declared that the Punjab Assembly initiative to organize the parliamentary conference was commendable and that the event would help participants understand and improve the parliamentary systems of others.
The president of the Sindh Assembly, Syed Owais Qadir Shah, emphasized the need to work on class divisions and minority rights. “We must promote regional and global relationships,” he added.
The president of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assembly, Babar Salem Swati, said: “We have witnessed British history in which Parliament had been weakened and now we are seeing the same practice in the light of the PCA law and the prohibition of political parties. “
