{"id":1348495,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1348495/?format=json","text_counter":629,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tharaka, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. George Murugara","speaker":null,"content":"The reasoning is the same. This provision requires one to divest themselves or to have a blind trust. We have provided sufficient recourse for conflict of interest. We also want to let a public officer who was possibly a private business person to continue owning the properties he owned. If he breaches any of the provisions herein regarding conflict of interest, then they will be punished."}