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    "id": 1066527,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "This was a popular initiative. If you read Article 257(10), it will give you a hint that when it comes to a popular initiative, the intention was not to frustrate or amend it completely by Parliament. A popular initiative emanates from the citizens of this country in whom the sovereign power of this country is vested. We are mere delegates. They thought it fit to delegate legislative power to us, but they can at any time take it. When it comes to matters of legislation, they can take the delegated authority to make proposals. That is why Article 257(10) was drafted the way it is. Parliament is not supposed to interfere with a popular initiative. The history up to that time was that Parliament was interfering a lot with the popular initiatives and we wanted to put an end to that. That is why we drafted Article 257(10) to say that whether or not Parliament amends or fails to pass, whatever happens in Parliament, it must go to the people the way it is. I am glad that the Committee realised that. They pointed out a few errors here and there, but they realised that and recommended that it should go to the people as is. Therefore, I support the words “as is”."
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