Echoes of another mandate extension

Before leaving the country on a private visit to Europe, the head of state, had requested both the president of the National Assembly and the Senate, to deliberate on a possible extension of the mandate of these two chambers of the country’s parliament for eight and two months respectively. To be precise, this extension will take the current mandate of parliament up to February, 29, 2020. Constitutionally, the president is covered, but not beyond this second extension. We are however aware that the constitution equally demands that, there must be a convincing and legitimate reason for such an extension. We…