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    "id": 204965,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/204965/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 197,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
        "slug": "wakoli-bifwoli"
    },
    "content": " It is proposed that if any member having been elected 3752 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 6, 2007 into the National Assembly through the support or as a supporter of a political party, accepts an appointment as a Minister in contravention of subsection (2) of this section, shall be deemed to have resigned from the party. I am opposing the \"deeming\" provision. That is, \"shall be deemed to have resigned from the political party\". This is because Section 40 of our Constitution does not provide for a deeming provision. \"Deeming\" is a very critical word. It may be recalled that, in this House, there is a deeming provision that as soon as the Leader of Government Business has laid some names on the Table, they shall be deemed to have been elected in accordance with the East African Treaty. This \"deeming\" provision went up to the Court of Justice of East Africa and they ruled that there is no section of the Treaty that provides for \"deeming\" elections. It is either an election or not. Here, you have either resigned or not. Therefore, \"deeming\" cannot come into operation. It will be"
}