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    "content": "Otherwise, in the Review Act, there would have been no need for us to introduce an amendment in Sub-section 5(a), which determines the stage at which the provisions of Section 47A(2)(b) start becoming applicable. Otherwise, it has generously been referred to as a draft Constitution all along. My position is also based on the philosophical view that a draft Constitution cannot, obviously, emanate from a group of seven sitting somewhere. There must be some form of representation. There has been no form of representation that has discussed this document except at this particular stage. If that is the case, the Review Act specifically guides this process and at 4, it simply tells what to do. I do not want to take the time of this House by referring to it because hon. Members can read it for themselves. We are at 4 and 5(a) says that we have to go through the provisions done by 5. At that stage is when we apply Section 47A. Otherwise, I do not believe that Parliament acts in vain. There would have been no need for us to pass a law that specifically indicates how we are moving. At this stage, there is no reason for us to flout our own laws. Why would we expect anybody else to follow them? I wish to seek your indulgence because this is a very delicate matter; we are dealing with a replacement of an entire Constitution. This document is being discussed by a representative body for the first time. There has been no constituent assembly. I believe that, that particular edition was meant to cure the fact that there has been no constituent assembly to discuss the draft Constitution. The Committee of Experts (CoE) is not a constituent assembly. The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) is not a representative body. It was just a technical group which is now forwarding a document which even the Committee membership does not entirely own."
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