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    "id": 1407441,
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    "content": "(i) The Elections Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2024. (ii) The Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2024. (iii) The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2024. (iv) The Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Given the importance of these Bills emanating from the bipartisan process, the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader agreed to co-sponsor the Bills. The Bills were subsequently published on 7th March, 2024 and read a First Time in the Senate on 20th March, 2024. The Bills having been read a First Time, were committed to the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. In line with the requirements of Standing Order No.145, the Committee published, in two newspapers of national circulation, an advertisement on Friday, 19th April, 2024, calling for submission of memoranda on the said Bills, with the deadline for submission of the memoranda being scheduled for Friday, 3rd May, 2024. Hon. Senators, on 22nd April, 2024, I received a letter from the Senate Minority Leader, Reference No. SEN/MLS/SOS/2024/005, expressing concern as to the content of the following Bills as published- (i) The Elections Offences (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.9 of 2024). (ii) The Elections (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2024). (iii) The Political Parties (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.13 of 2024)."
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