AAP members meet president to oppose ordinance on convicted politicians

Background

|Earlier cabinet cleared an ordinance that protected the convicted politicians. As clear this ordinance is not only against the public opinion but also exactly contradicts from the Supreme Court's judgement of immediate disqualification of lawmakers convicted for a criminal offence punishable with a jail term of more than two years.|

Today (27,Sept,2013) Aam Aadmi Party delegation comprising of 5 members -- Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh met met President Pranab Mukherjee and asked him to sent ordinance back to the government for reconsideration.

AAP's stand on ordinance is as follows

• Supreme Court has struck down a section of Representation of People's Act terming it unconstitutional, then how the government can bring the same section through an Ordinance.
•  If the section is unconstitutional then the Ordinance itself has become unconstitutional
• Ordinances were supposed to be emergency measures only.
• There is discontentment among the people over government's attempt to save tainted MPs and MLAs and the President should not give his assent.

Asked what would be there next course of action if the President gives his assent to the Ordinance, Kejriwal said, "We will challenge it in the Supreme Court".

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aam-aadmi-party-asks-president-pranab-mukherjee-to-refer-back-the-ordinance-to-government/1175150/

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