Supreme Court temporarily reverses order to reinstate 12 MPs

Supreme Court has temporarily suspended its ruling on February 1 to reinstate 12 MPs, upon request from the Attorney General.

This comes after parliament scheduled an extraordinary sitting for Monday morning.

The Supreme Court ruling on February 1 nullified Election Commission (EC)’s decision to dismiss 12 MPs for disobeying a floor-crossing ban. Parliament has said that it would abide by the ruling and has given the 12 MPs notice to attend Monday’s sitting.

But a debate has erupted after the new Supreme Court order to temporarily suspend its ruling to reinstate the 12 MPs. It is likely that the MPs will once again be barred from entering parliament.