NO TO SOLDIERS IN THE STREETS : MOPA DEBATE
THE public yesterday expressed mixed views over the
proposed Maintenance of Order and Peace Bill (MOPA), with the majority saying
lawmakers should remove clause (18), which will allow the Home Affairs minister
to request the President to deploy the a…
THE public yesterday expressed mixed views over the
proposed Maintenance of Order and Peace Bill (MOPA), with the majority saying
lawmakers should remove clause (18), which will allow the Home Affairs minister
to request the President to deploy the army to quell protests.
Members said the army should be nowhere near demonstrators
as their presence was tantamount to a declaration of war.