Legislature may be seen as a segment of the
government mechanism along with the Executives and Judiciaries. It can be
defined as a representative of public, which may have the power to formulate
laws through discussion and analysis.
We see that the legislature in Pakistan is
not adequately performing its functions. For instance there is a lack of
adequate minority representation under law, raising several questions regarding
the representative ability of the legislature.
Similarly, several laws have been
incorporated into legislature like the blasphemy law or even laws for the
protection of women. But, all of this is mere paperwork to temporarily pacify
public resentment leading to the failure of another legislative function,
legitimacy. Do Pakistani citizens trust the legislature and ultimately the
government system? Do they consider their rights safeguarded by law? We may
find that in Pakistan’s case the public trusts the judiciary more than the executive
body or legislature as seen by the Long March.
However, the malleable nature of the legislature
renders it sufficient as a means of protecting individual interests as opposed
to the more permanent nature of the constitution.
2 comments:
I completely agree with your point of view. The Pakistani governance system is highly corrupted and it had gotten to a level, where no one calls the other out on it because it adversely affects almost everyone.
As for the laws like the Blasphemy and Hudood, the very existence of such shaky laws shows how the legislative branch of our governance passes imperfect laws to keep themselves in power. This leaves a negative impact on society as a whole for generations to come.
On the other hand, when the mention the malleable nature of legislature, I disagree. With the right checks and balances in place and a strong a executive and judicial branch of the government, personal interests will not be protected leading to a more efficient form of government.
Even though our legislating system is awful, but even only considering the current constitution without any amendments, isn't it a more responsibility of the legislature to enforce the executives to enforce constitution rather than relying on assemblies to edit small parts of the current constution?
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