House panels aren’t doing their part when government decisions are being questioned

Parliamentary committees should spring into action when the House has been rendered ineffective, analysts say.

The meeting of the reinstated House of Representatives has been limited to formalities as the government is reluctant to provide it business. Ever since the lower house was reinstated by the Supreme Court, its meetings have been limited to holding zero hour sessions and endorsing condolence motions on the deaths of lawmakers from the present and previous parliaments.