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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want your attention because you are the one I am addressing myself to. I am addressing myself to the directive of the Chair where I had sought a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Finance with regard to revenue accounts. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you promised to make a ruling if the Minister does not bring the statement today. So, that is my first point of order. My second point of order is with regard to Article 221 of the Constitution, Section 5 which talks about the process of the Budget. This particular provision says that in discussing and reviewing the Estimates, the Committee of the House - that is the Budget Committee - needs to seek representations from the public, and the recommendations shall be taken into account when the Committee makes its recommendations to the National Assembly. I want to draw your attention to the fact that the Budget Committee has already announced and has even advertised in the newspapers that we are supposed to conduct public hearings tomorrow. This was put in the papers today. However, I remember when we sat as a Budget Committee, we agreed and instructed the Clerkâs Office to make sure that ----"
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