-includes demands for living wage, local gov’t polls
The People’s Parliament has launched a campaign to petition the National Assembly for the creation of a national living wage, the lowering of the VAT, and the holding of overdue local government polls, among other things.
The petition, “Towards the people’s agenda,” is to be presented to the National Assembly after it reconvenes next week from the annual parliamentary recess that began in August.
“The petition calls on the elected Parliament to take action on a number of issues which we, who have put them in power, have been busy discussing for the last seven weeks while they have been on