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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Sorry, not sorry, Mr. President, but wake up your Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs and Sports because the youth are telling you that they are desperately underserved. Wake up your Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration because too many poorly trained, trigger-happy police officers exist under his watch. Wake up your Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection because young people are protesting in the streets due to a lack of equal opportunities. Wake up your Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works because we are seeing the worst levels of carnage and needless deaths of young people than in any tenure preceding his. Wake up your Cabinet Secretary for Investment, Trade and Industries, because from small innovators to entrepreneurs to industries, the ecosystem she is leading has become terribly unforgiving. Mr. President, if you already know what needs to be done and the Constitution gives you the power to take action, Cabinet Secretaries must be sacked. My third proposal in reaction to point number one in this Motion revolves around exercise of legislative powers. Why is it that the Finance Bill never makes its way to the Senate for consideration? Our Constitution does not bar this House from jointly considering legislation, especially those with as much gravitas as a Finance Bill. To illustrate this, I want to go to Article 109(5), that says- “A Bill may be introduced by any Member or Committee of the relevant House of Parliament, but a Money Bill may be introduced only in the National Assembly in accordance with Article 114.” It simply says that a Money Bill may be introduced only in the National Assembly, but nowhere does it say that a money Bill cannot also be considered in the Senate. Our Constitution only bars this House from introducing Money Bills, not from considering them. This must be corrected to avoid future constitutional misinterpretations that lead us to continue allowing the National Assembly to monopolize such crucial functions. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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