By the new provision on immunity, the President, Vice-President, governors and their deputies will vacate office, if convicted of any criminal offense. A total of 339 out of the 360 members of the House voted on Wednesday to pass the clauses.
Voting and collation of results was done manually and it ended at about 10.43pm. On immunity, 306 members voted to remove it, 17 opposed it, while 14 abstained. The House retained four years as the tenure of office of elected officials.
Similarly, 293 lawmakers voted to endorse autonomy for local governments, as against 39 who opposed it. Seven others abstained. This development meant that the House took a different position on the issue, compared to the Senate, which rejected autonomy for the councils.
Lawmakers also scrapped State Independent Electoral Commissions and transferred the responsibility of conducting council polls to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Independent candidacy was also endorsed by the House, meaning that in future, persons who do not belong to any political party, can stand for elections as individuals.
A total of 313 lawmakers endorsed the provision, while eight opposed it. Twelve others abstained. Like the Senate, the House retained the controversial proposal on life pension for the President, Vice-President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Deputy Speaker.
A total of 284 lawmakers endorsed the provision, with only 18 opposing it. Thirty-six others abstained. Other highlights included the transfer of health, housing, electricity and railways from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List.
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