<h1>Opposition nominates retired Supreme Court judge for vice-president to protect constitutional values and ensure impartial upper house chair</h1> Opposition parties jointly nominated a retired Supreme Court judge as their vice-presidential candidate, framing the contest as protection of constitutional values and seeking an impartial chair for the upper house. Speakers alleged that recent government actions - hurried passage of bills, curtailed debate, and alleged politicised use of investigative agencies - undermine parliamentary procedure, federalism and rule-of-law safeguards, and risk destabilising state governments. They contend the nomination is a legal-institutional response to preserve legislative deliberation and judicially rooted constitutional principles. The opposition plans internal voting coordination ahead of the vice-presidential poll.