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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also say something about this proposed amendment. I almost always agree with my colleague, Sen. Mumma, because she is a brilliant mind. However, I invite her to rethink dropping the Public Service Commission in the proposed amendment. We, in the political class, almost always interact at the very top when we are brought in by the electorate. A lot of these people who have stayed in the public service have come up the ranks. They go for training, have degrees, experience and most important, they have institutional memory. This committee will most likely nominate someone who probably participated in other selection panels for any other constitutional bodies. So, I see that the person who would come there from the Public Service Commission (PSC) will be bringing institutional memory on what he or she did in another panel, maybe a similar panel in selecting some constitutional body. I urge my colleague to rethink about dropping these people. Most of us who have been in Government and served in Government as Ministers know what capacities our public service has. I ask my learned friend, Sen. Mumma, if she can rethink that. It is not about winning or losing. At the Senate, we almost always try to reach decisions on consensus. So, I ask my learned friend to rethink that and we allow the Public Service Commission to participate so that we nominate someone who is knowledgeable, someone with experience and institutional memory to be part and parcel of this selection panel so that we get good people to serve as commissioners. I regrettably have to oppose your amendments."
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