prorogation
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The act of counting in duration; prolongation.
The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
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Although prorogation may have hit pause on parliamentary proceedings, it has no direct impact on the day-to-day business of government, including the end-of-summer ministerial touring schedule.
He said the political situation in Lesotho, including the prorogation issue and police investigations of high-profile individuals, were domestic issues which did not require the intervention of SADC.
Parliament was, however, re-opened on 21 April 2020 after Mr Thabane's own All Basotho Convention (ABC) party and others successfully challenged the prorogation in the Constitutional Court.
Later, the joint sitting was held to fulfil the formality where Mr Qadir read out the presidential order regarding its prorogation.
Firstly, these applications were pending since 2012 and 2103, long before the prorogation of Parliament.
Known as the ‘Beyonce of the law’, Supreme Court Judge Lady Brenda Hale became a household name last year when she ruled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament to be unlawful.