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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, allow me, therefore, to bring to the attention of all and sundry several important provisions in our Constitution and laws regarding this important matter. Firstly, political parties have internal self-regulating mechanisms provided for in their respective constitutions and rules. It is expected that such rules be guided by the provisions of the Political Parties Act, which is subject to the Constitution by virtue of Article 2, which provides for the supremacy of the Constitution and that, any law that is inconsistent with the Constitution is void to the extent of the inconsistency. Secondly, the resignation of a Member from a political party is governed by Section 14 of the Political Parties Act. Resignation of a Member can either be expressed through a written notice to the political party or the Clerk of the relevant House as provided for under Sub-Section 1 or by implication as envisioned in Sub-Section 5, which provides as follows:- “(5) A person who, while being a member of a political party- (a) forms another political party; (b) joins in the formation of another political party; (c) joins another political party; (d) in any way or manner, publicly advocates for the formation of another political party; or (e) promotes the ideology, interests or policies of another political party; shall, notwithstanding the provisions of SubSection (1) or the provisions of any other written law, be deemed to have resigned from the previous political party."
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