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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to question the verdict that was arrived at yesterday. However, I want also to give my contribution in view of the precedent that we are setting. Article 250 Part 2 of the Constitution requires that there is parliamentary approval. What we had yesterday was a Motion by Committee seeking the disqualification of the names. That Motion was defeated. I think as a legislator, I try to imagine what the spirit of the law is. In my view, the spirit of the law in the Constitution and in the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission Act that requires parliamentary approval. It requires this approval to be expressed. The express approval is obtained by putting the question whether we approve or disapprove. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you put a question for us to support the disapproval of these names and it is negatived, it is not fair to now want to get approval by inference. In such a case, you can draw inference in either direction. I believe this is a dangerous precedent we are setting. We need to get express approval that gives express mandate for those people to hold the offices. I want you to consider that as you apply your mandate."
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