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"content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order 154(2) requires the House to consider the President’s Reservations within 21 days upon receipt of a Memorandum. In this regard, the Memorandum from the President now stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for consideration. The Committee is required to table its report soonest to allow the House to consider the President’s reservations within the said timelines. Hon. Members, may I at this point, remind the House of the Speaker’s Communication of 28th July 2015 concerning the consideration of the President’s reservations to a Bill and amendments, thereto. I particularly draw your attention to the guidance, that the voting threshold for the passage of amendments proposed by a committee or an individual Member that have the effect of fully accommodating the President’s reservations is a simple majority as contemplated under Article 122(1) of the Constitution as read together with Article 115(2)(a). On the other hand, an amendment that does not fully accommodate the President’s reservations, or indeed one that has the effect of a total override of the President’s reservations, including negating his proposed text, would require a two-thirds voting threshold to be passed in keeping with the provisions of Article 115(4) of the Constitution. In conclusion, Hon. Members, I hereby, direct the Clerk to circulate the Memorandum from H.E. the President to all Members so that they familiarise themselves with its contents. I, thank you. Next Order."
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