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    "id": 1460624,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to second the Motion by the Chairperson of the Select Committee on NG-CDF. I want to point out a few pertinent issues as far as this is concerned. While the proposals for replacement are agreeable to the House, we have been told of a letter by the Head of Public Service, which relies on the State Corporations Act. It is asking that the chairpersons of NG- CDF Committees be approved by him. Let me draw his attention to the fact that the NG-CDF Act is not subject to the State Corporations Act. It is sui generis, which means it stands on its own and is executed by a Board that is appointed under it to execute its work from the beginning to the end. Therefore, the Head of Public Service has no power to ask for names to be submitted to him for approval. This is not subject to the State Corporations Act, which takes care of parastatals. I also want to point out that this circular appears to be a statutory instrument. It is trying to enforce some law, which we have not been told. If it is a statutory instrument, it must come to this House for validation. If it does not come, it is null and void. Alternatively, this House can call for that instrument to quash it. Finally, delays, especially in gazettement, would defeat the very essence and purpose of the NG-CDF Act. We require that as soon as the names of appointees are submitted, they be gazetted by the CEO of the NG-CDF Board. Once that is done, we move on to implement the Act. My position remains that the Board is supposed to gazette. With those remarks, I beg to second."
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