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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, before we move to the next Order, I have this Communication to make. On Tuesday, 23rd March, 2010, at the beginning of the debate on the Motion to approve the draft Constitution, I ordered that proposed amendments that will have been submitted by yesterday, Wednesday, 24th March, 2010, will be considered beginning this afternoon. Since then, my office has received many proposed amendments, 19 of which appear in today’s Order Paper and a lot more are under process by the Parliamentary Legal Department. In view of the above, I have reflected on the best way of handling these amendments and decided that all the proposed amendments be disposed of on Wednesday, 31st March, 2010 in the Morning and Afternoon Sittings in sequential order in which the Articles and Schedule appear in the draft Constitution. Hon. Members who have submitted the proposed amendments will be given an opportunity to move them and after the same are seconded, a brief debate will follow before we proceed to Division. In view of the constitutional requirement that no alteration can be made to this draft Constitution unless such alteration is supported by the votes of not less than 65 per cent of all the Members of the National Assembly excluding the ex-officio Members, I wish to reiterate that any amendment that fails to obtain the requisite numbers after the Division Bell has been rung shall be deemed to be negatived and the House shall immediately move to consider other amendments. All hon. Members wishing to submit amendments for consideration by the House should do so by 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 30th March, 2010. This time is not liable to extension. Time is, therefore, of essence. Please note: That is because the earlier directive has already been breached because, even as I make this Communication, I am informed there are hon. Members waiting in the Clerk’s office to submit amendments. So, we will not have really met the deadline as previously set. But the deadline now given is 4.00 p.m. Tuesday 30th March, 2010 and it will not be extended. Thank you!"
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