Some notes as to the legal framework of the PDI

Abstract

The paper explains that on the one hand the PDI is a diagnosis of infrastructure problems requiring solution at a national level while on the other it defines a series of strategies and initiatives to be undertaken as within a general agreement with other local administrative bodies and social agents. The legal putting into effect of this material as a whole, given its standing as a sector level economic plan, finds its validity in the 131st article of the Constitution although its being approved could be accomplished in a variety of ways i.e. by a Cabinet recommendation-albeit here it would not have any legal standing as such- or by its being passed as an Act after due parliamentary process. The paper suggests that the method to be chosen would be determined by the objectives that the PDI is hoped to satisfy. An analysis is made of the viability of the above mentioned ways to approve, while others, that seemingly would have served as a legal backing for the PDI are found lacking i.e. The National Plan Governing the Use of Land, The Plan Governing the Bases of the Local Administration Sector and the National Public Works Plan.