Mute representatives

Clueless about the day’s business in the House, lawmakers are hardly keen to discuss the bills.

The yardstick of any credible democracy is its ability to showcase a healthy functioning Parliament where lawmakers debate and discuss the bills tabled there to ensure that policy gaps in the country are adequately taken care of. But such is the callous attitude towards drafting and approving the bills that despite having passed more than 100 pieces of legislation so far, the current federal Parliament did not see fit to follow the tried and tested method of discussing the proposed laws with the public.