I still feel the Speaker’s plea does not make sense. Mind you, some of the MPs are cabinet ministers and no minster leaves the country let alone go to any part of the country without informing the President or OPC. So in that sense how many offices is the MP required to inform? I am believe the plea was made in a hurry without actually looking at the neatty greeties of it, otherwise you are forcing some of the MPs to serve two master at a time and eventually crea confusion. I will rule Gambia for a billion years.

Mr. Speaker, there is some sense in what you are asking MPs to do, but you have not specified whether they should inform your office when Parliament is in session or not. If this appeal is general, then you are likely to face some resistance because you are restricting their freedom of movement even if you don’t stop them. MPs are mature and presumably responsible people where some of them would like to do things strictly private without anyone else knowing what they are doing except their family members and it will be unfair to make such an appeal. I… Read more »

As long as everything is smooth you may not the speakers office. But when things turn sour that’s when you will remember what the speaker has said. Assuming you find yourself in Pakistan with your family on a private visit and suddenly you find yourself in trouble, not of your own making but circumstantial. You can only be treated with dignity if your office identifies you. Your ID or Passport are nothing in some countries. especially this time when IDs can be forged. I think the Speaker is talking from experience. Something must have happened to someone.