RE:RE:RE:Nuclear Deal
by Gopal on Jul 02, 2008 11:37 PM
Let us look at our Constitution. According to Article 246(1)- "Parliament has exclusive power to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule" to the Constitution. Entry 14 in List I reads: "Entering into treaties and agreements with foreign countries and implementing of treaties, agreements and conventions with foreign countries." According to this provision we could have enacted a Law to protect our interest as per the 123 agreement. Instead of taking effort to protect our interest by enacting a Law, the Executive tried to get a free hand to negotiate the agreement. The result: 'This agreement, if and when operationalised, is going to impact upon, and influence in a very large measure, the economic, political, military, and foreign policies of our country apart from the energy sector. It may have more significant implications for our nation than the World Trade Organisation agreements, which we signed during the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations'. ( Dr.A.N.Prasad) Our Constitution does not visualize a "FREEHAND" to anybody in any field. Even the President of India can act, taking advice from the Cabinet. It is a failure on the part of executive in not taking steps to enact a Law. (contd)
