The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 307
T he S ystem of mushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya to set up a board representing every sub-committee, con sisting o f three members and the Secretary, and they should be present on the stage when their report is being presented. For this purpose three chairs should be placed on the stage. When an amendment is presented, this board should decide either to accept it or not, and should present its recommendation to me. The board can only accept or reject amendments which are new. The board w ill be bound to reject all proposals which have already been presented in the sub-committee and have been turned down. In future, delegates who wish to present amendments should do so in writing. A. lot o f time is wasted in the current procedure, for while an amendment is being dic tated, the rest o f the delegates have to sit idle. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1935, pp, 28-29] 4. 0 n another occasion, Hudur said: “If any delegate wishes to suggest an amendment, he should do so in writing. And if a delegate wants to ex press his view s verbally, he should have his name listed for this purpose. At times delegates do not give their names in time and later express their desire to propose an amendment. This is not good. Whoever has an amend ment to present, should do so right now. Likewise, those who want to offer their views verbally should have their names listed. ” [Unpublished Report Majlis-e-Shura 1947] 5. Amendments are taken up first. Regarding this rule, Hudur said. “Since amendments have to be presented first, I would like to ask your opinion about this amendment before the 3 0 7