Lahore:
Participants in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Southeast Asia Regions Joint conference have called on the need to take collective measures to maintain peace in the region, deal with terrorism with an iron hand, fight against poor economic conditions, and devise extensive climate change policies.
They called the conference an important platform for regional parliamentary cooperation, while strengthening obligations to sustainable governance, democracy and collective regional progress.
The initial ceremony for the conference took place at the Punjab assembly. The event participated by over 100 representatives from 20 legislators, including delegations from Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Britain, Zambia, Malaysia and Pakistan.
The prestigious guests included 13 speakers, 4 vice -speakers and 1 chairman. Speaking for the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq adorned the session as a main guest, while CPA chairman Dr. Christopher Kalila praised the initiative as a much needed step for regional parliamentary commitment.
By tacking the conference, CPA chairman Dr. Kalila that the long -standing question of CPA’s legal status was now being decided. The CPA Status bill adopted its third reading in the House of Home on December 18, 2024 and has also received royal consent.
Senator Pele Peter Tinggom from Malaysia said: “We had been facing several challenges, and there is a need to take collective measures to deal with these challenges.”
He said global health crises emerged in front and “We have to declare a health emergency so we are able to fight against covidi -like illnesses. We need to maintain peace in the region and hour’s needs are to maintain Our economies.
CPA General Secretary Mataya said this was a new opportunity to formulate a strategy by drafting legislation in a new direction. He emphasized the importance of strengthening and stabilizing parliament.
Deputy speaks for the British House of Commons Nusrat Ghani stated that constructive criticism in parliamentary democracy could help improve the democratic system. She also highlighted the need to make platforms for CPA and IPA more effective.
During the conference, speeches for Selangor Malaysia Lau Weng San said that the Punjab Assembly’s initiative to host the parliamentary conference was commendable and that the event would help participants understand and improve each other’s parliamentary systems.
Sindh -Assembly speaker Syed Owais Qadir Shah emphasized the need to work on class divisions and the rights of minority. “We need to promote regional and global connections,” he added.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly speaker Babar Saleem Swati said: “We have witnessed British history in which Parliament had been weakened, and we are now seeing the same practice in the light of the PECA law and the ban on political parties.”
