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    "id": 1523424,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1523424/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "The third Bill contains amendments that need to be subjected to a referendum. This is pursuant to Articles 255 and 256(5) of the Constitution. The Committee has recommended a process for their enactment. Remember, this is what the Hon. Speaker mandated us to do. One, that the Bills be redrafted in the manner proposed herein, printed and circulated to Members of Parliament and the public for their comments and consideration. Two, that Parliament publicises and, through the Committees, facilitates public discussion on the Bills as contemplated under Article 256(2) of the Constitution. Three, that the two Bills not requiring referendum be introduced in either House of Parliament. We have made new drafts which are attached to our Report. You can always get copies so as to familiarise yourself. Therefore, having jointly considered the NADCO Report with the Senate Committee, we agreed on a common position - the actualisation of the NADCO recommendations as currently contained in the Joint Report. So, the Joint Committee recommends to the House, the Joint Report of the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and the Senate Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the Consideration of the Report of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) and the Report of the Multi-Sectoral Working Group on the Realisation of the Two-Thirds Gender Principle, laid on the Table of the House…"
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