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changes, while others would require amendments.

Salahuddin noted that time constraints would prevent parliament from addressing every ordinance in the current session.

“For some ordinances, we may not get enough time for discussion, bringing them as bills, or amending them. Because only 11 to 12 days are left,” he said.

“The ordinances we want to pass will be placed in parliament in the form of bills in the next session.”

He added that the committee’s report would reflect dissenting views where disagreements remained.

Once the ordinances are brought as bills, relevant ministers will place them before the House, and lawmakers will have the opportunity to speak during the first, second, and third readings before the legislation is passed or rejected.

Asked how many ordinances would eventually be turned into bills, Salahuddin said he could not specify.

“I cannot say the number,” he said, urging patience until April 2.

On the referendum ordinance, he explained, “The fate of ordinances is decided within 30 days [from forming the government]. But this ordinance’s fate has already been decided. Under this ordinance, the referendum has already taken place. Now it has no further obligation.”

He added that ordinances not placed within the 30-day deadline would automatically lapse, though some could later be reintroduced as bills in future sessions if the government wished to retain them as law.