Why Senate president resigned Dr Jean Damascène Ntawukuliryayo stepped down as Senate president yesterday after 15 members of the Upper House signed a petition calling for an extra ordinary session to deliberate on his leadership style and conduct. The Upper House comprises 26 senators. The Senate president is the second highest-ranking official in Rwanda. According to Tito Rutaremara, one of the Senators who signed the petition, Ntawukuliryayo abused his position as Senate president, undermined the senatorial rules and procedures, consequently affecting the effectiveness of top senatorial organs and the Upper House in general. During the session, Rutaremara, who is in charge of discipline in the Senate, outlined some of the alleged offenses that irked the members and prompted them to sign the petition. They include; taking unilateral decisions, sidestepping the Bureau (the Senate’s supreme organ, comprised of the president and his two deputies), interfering in administrative matters such as recruitment process and not presiding over the sittings and activities of the Bureau and the Committee for Chairpersons as required. How the events unfolded The extra-ordinary senate session was called at 3pm. After members of the Upper House took their seats, Ntawukuriryayo announced that he was stepping down with immediate effect and requested his fellow senators to accept his resignation. He then invited Senate Vice-President Bernard Makuza to chair the emergency session that unanimously accepted the Senate president’s resignation. newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2014-09-18/181037/
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:21:59 +0000
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