ISLAMABAD, June 10 Kyodo Oppositi...

ISLAMABAD, June 10 Kyodo

Opposition members of the two Pakistan's houses of parliament boycott proceedings Tuesday to declare the Legal Framework Order (LFO) issued by dint of President Pervez Musharraf incorporating amendments to the constitution.

Shouting ''Musharraf No!'' and ''Musharraf Go!'' the opposition members in the National Assembly dump bundle documents onto the Speaker's table and walked abroad of the house.

The same exercise was repeated in the Senate, which had called its first session Tuesday to consider the bundle for fiscal year 2003-2004 slated to flow into effect on July 1

Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman and Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani, leaders of the opposition in the Assembly and Senate, told reporters they would attend parliament each day but boycott the proceedings.

The opposition is demanding the guidance present the LFO to parliament for debate of amendments incorporated by way of Gen. Musharraf.

The amendments give extraordinary powers to the president and provide a permanent supervisory part to the army.

The restraint maintains the amendments have become part of the constitution because the principal court had empowered Musharraf to amend the constitution.

The opposition maintains the constitution can be amended solitary after parliament debates the measures.

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