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    "id": 267650,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My point of order is purely on procedure. This is coming for the first time under the new Constitution. So, the Chair should make it clear to this House so that we know in future if we are faced with a matter that has specific timelines, which has since elapsed, whether Parliament can then proceed in the manner that you have suggested without first of all the House moving a Motion that would renew the timelines. As far as I am concerned, the Departmental Committee to which you have referred the Motion was operating within that timeline. Now that that timeline is over and just before midnight, and you remember we worked up to 11.00 p.m. just before midnight that time went and went for good. Is it procedural that we go the way we are doing without first of all moving and deciding on a Motion whether this House can actually do so? If the answer is yes, would such a Motion be constitutional since such timelines are founded within the Constitution?"
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