BY MORRIS NAFU
The Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC), together with the Public Service team led by Permanent Secretary Luke Cheka, concluded a detailed clause-by-clause examination of the Public Service Bill 2025 on Monday this week.
The week-long scrutiny began on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
BLC is set to resume discussions with the Public Service on October 3 to continue reviewing the Bill and consider recommendations made during the initial session.
BLC Chairman and Member of Parliament for West Are’ Are Constituency, John Maneniaru said the process has been very productive.
“If you look at the issues discussed and the recommendations made, they will surely strengthen our Bill,” he said.
Permanent Secretary Luke Cheka assured committee members that the Public Service is committed to finalizing the Bill’s recommendations and aims to have it completed by Friday.
“Our team will reconcile all notes from the session by Wednesday and expect to present the agreed recommendations before the committee by Friday,” he added.
The Leader of the Opposition and BLC member, Matthew Wale emphasized the urgency of completing the Bill, given the limited time before Parliament resumes sitting next following week.
“The Bill must be finalised as soon as possible as we have time limited available ahead of Parliament next month,” he stressed.
Island Sun understands that Parliament will resume its 2025 sitting on Monday, October 13, 2025.
For feedback, contact:[email protected]
