The terms of office of the existing commissioners of the Human Rights Commission expire.
Timeline of events under "17th Amendment" issue
Two senior judges of the Supreme Court who constituted the Judicial Service Commission along with the chief justice resigned their positions, citing "grounds of conscience".
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The Government states its position with regard to the lapsed Public Service Commission and National Police Commission: "the arrangements that prevailed prior to the establishment of these Commissions could be resorted to purely as an interim measure".
The term of the six appointed members to the first Constitutional Council expires, but the vacancies that they leave are not filled.
The 17th Amendment to the Constitution is passed, to make provisions for the Constitutional Council and Independent Commissions.
