Parliament has adopted the motion to debate the 50 plus 1 system of electing president
Lilongwe city west MP moved the motion to debate the motion on Friday.
All the political parties supported the motion saying is very good and important.
However, some of them said all arms of government must respect the separation of powers.
Deputy leader of house said it was improper for the court to give them the timeline to debate the motion.
Representative of PP John Chikalimba said the court was reminding them of the electoral amendment bills they had failed to debate and pass.
Minister of foreign affairs Francis Kasaira said the 2005 constitutional review conference agreed to maintain the first past the post system but another MP said conferences do not make laws.
There was hot debate on the motion of the authority to appoint commissioners of Malawi Electoral Commission.
The MPs defeated the appeal to cartel the debate hence going into the stage of voting.
There was maximum security at parliament after the deliberations were adjourned earlier on Tuesday because Human Rights Defenders Coalition officials had entered.
Minister of Information Mark Botomani demanded an apology from Mtambo that the parliamentarians are childish
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