Paytas praises the outcome of the government’s interaction with Parliament and answering MPs’ questions

From the podium of the House of Councilors, Mustafa Paytas, Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, confirmed that there is “a continuing keenness on the part of the government to communicate with the parliamentary institution in the context of its implementation of its obligations contained in the government program, and in the context of respecting the principle of separation of powers and pushing towards responsible investment in the legislative time.” “.

In his detailed answer to the advisors’ questions, Paytas said, “The Ministry, in turn, spared no effort in ensuring attendance at all meetings, including the Presidents’ Seminar, which enabled continuous coordination and permanent follow-up of all Parliament activities.”

Speaking in the language of numbers, the government official went on to review the most important achievements related to the government’s relationship with Parliament, as he stated that the latter had deposited up to 140 draft laws in Parliament, including 34 draft laws that remained under study after the conclusion of the previous term, recording the deposit of 112 draft laws. With priority in the House of Representatives and 28 in the House of Advisors.

Paytas revealed that both houses of Parliament approved up to 117 laws, including 71 laws unanimously and 46 laws by majority, while the Mixed Committee of Parliament held up to 580 meetings in the presence of the government; 243 in the House of Councilors and 337 in the House of Representatives.

In the same context, the Minister Delegate in charge of relations with Parliament stated that 129 legislative sessions were held, 64 of which were in the House of Representatives and 65 sessions in the House of Advisors, while the government held 21 meetings in which it expressed its position on up to 295 proposed law; 47 proposals pertained to the Council of Advisors, and 27 proposals were finally accepted.

The minister, who was speaking reassuringly from the podium of the second chamber of Parliament, stated that “the government has placed great importance on the legislative initiative, which is evident in its issuance of a decree aimed at reorganizing the work of the technical committee charged with presenting the legislative initiative and giving it greater radiance after it had previously been updated according to a circular.” “.

Always using the language of numbers, the same official revealed that “the government expressed its readiness to answer 1,769 oral questions simultaneously, of which the two chambers programmed only 1,269 oral questions, while it received from Parliament up to 21,700 written questions,” returning the number as “unprecedented.” “.

In clarifying the level of interaction of the executive institution with these questions, Paytas stated that the government answered 15,507 written questions, at a rate of up to 71.45 percent, after it received from the House of Representatives up to 16,363 written questions, answering 71.22. percent of them, while it received 5,339 written questions from the House of Representatives, of which it answered 72.17 percent.

He also considered that these numbers confirm the government’s interaction with the parliamentary institution within the framework of monitoring the work of the executive institution, as the rates of answering the questions of members of Parliament, whether in the House of Representatives or the House of Advisors, sometimes exceed 80 percent, and this is important,” he continued: “ “I do not think there are parliaments that know such percentages.”

The Minister Delegate pointed out that “the numbers recorded during the first three years of this government term, especially with regard to written and oral questions in Parliament, remain far in excess of what was put forward during the first three years of the ninth and tenth legislative terms, despite the fact that the ninth term was founding.” “It needed to increase the proportion of legislative initiatives.”

He continued: “For example, during the three years of the ninth term, 9,024 questions were asked in Parliament, and in the tenth year, 13,153 oral questions were asked, while during the first years of this legislative term, up to 16,179 questions were asked; There is an increase in the rates of asking these questions, which confirms the great work of Parliament in this regard, while the government’s interaction with them is also very great.”

Regarding the government’s presence in Parliament’s activities, Paytas highlighted that “it is correct and in accordance with the constitution that the level of committees, of all types, be restricted to the government only, and that the presence of public institutions be alongside the government, because our jobs are ultimately political jobs and require the presence of these institutions with the ministers.” Not alone, in a way that benefits the democratic experience.”