The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 303
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyya cable, members can be invited to offer their opinions about the original proposal. P rocedure for S uggesting an A mendment It has already been mentioned that the Shura sub committees deliberate exhaustively on the proposals, and their recommendations are presented before the Shura for further deliberation, and the views of all the dele gates o f the Shura are elicited. Sometimes, if the committee’s report has missed some point or some as pect, it can be set right through an amendment. In this context, Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IVrh said: 1. Before Majlis-e-Shura can deliberate upon a proposal, it is first taken up by a sub-committee. Thereafter the proposal is presented in the Shura in whatever form the sub-committee chooses. 2. Once a proposal has come to Shura, it belongs to the Shura and the sub-committee has the authority to present it in any form, by making it better or removing any flaws in it. Thus the Shura does not deliberate upon the origi nal proposal, it only deliberates upon the proposal that is presented by the sub-committee. 3. If a proposal (presented by the sub-committee) is re jected, we go back to the original proposal. You then have the right to deliberate upon the original proposal, for the proposal presented by the sub-committee has been re jected. Amendments can also be presented at this juncture. 4. W hen a proposal has been read out and a member 303