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    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " All right. As I conclude, there will be room to propose amendments. The amendments have to be in consonance with constitutional provisions so that we do not have to make a statute that is possibly not going to see light of day when it goes to the courts. However, I am still not convinced on discrimination. If a member of a political party who is a Member of Parliament received some funding through this Fund, then it would be open to independents also to insist that they have to be funded. Whichever way, I thank every Member who has contributed to this. It had a short robust debate that we began the previous day and we have concluded now. As we move to the Committee of the whole House, I urge Members who have amendment proposals to bring them forth for consideration to make one of the best laws to regulate our political parties. It is interesting that he said there are 91 political parties in the country. That is true. Unfortunately, I have always asked of the parties we are growing. The idea is to grow parties and nurture them so that, at the end of the day, we have two to three strong parties that compete in elections. However, most of the political parties in this country only have a life span of one term of Parliament. They have to mutate into something else after that. That mutation has been on since the advent of multipartism in 1992 to date. You cannot tell exactly where the ruling party we used to have those days is. Although, it possibly features and rears its head in all these political parties. I beg to reply and kindly request that the putting of the Question be deferred to another day, pursuant to Standing Order 53(3). Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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