{"id":163834,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/163834/?format=json","text_counter":234,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Wetangula","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":210,"legal_name":"Moses Masika Wetangula","slug":"moses-wetangula"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, suspects are not necessarily criminals. They are innocent until they are proven guilty. I have already said that our submission to the ICC does not in any way impinge on our sovereignty. We are a signatory to the statute and we did so knowingly. This Parliament, in passing the Bill, was clearly informed by the Attorney-General when moving the Bill as to what we were doing. Therefore, our sovereignty is not at stake at any rate in any event."}