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    "content": "Hon. Members, I will continue from where I left. In the present case, I am not persuaded that a claim of unconstitutionality has clearly been made out so as to require that the report of the Committee be stopped from proceeding according to the procedures of the House at the preliminary level. I have also considered the possible outcomes of a debate on the Motion which are, of course, an approval of the report of the Committee with or without amendment or a rejection thereof. For the reasons I have recited above, the nature of the report of this Committee is such that none of these outcomes will have an unconstitutional result that is binding in its effect. For all the reasons I have stated, I find that it is the prerogative of this House, which should not be denied without adequate ground, to exercise its collective wisdom and discretion and to determine the manner in which it proposes to dispose of the report of the Departmental Committee on Administration of Justice and National Security. On the Motion of the Committee “THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the vetting of the nominees to the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) laid on the Table on Tuesday, 15th May, 2012”, it is open to the House to approve and, therefore, agree in toto with the Committee in its report or agree with the report with such amendments as may be made by the House or reject the report of the Committee in its entirety. In making this determination, I wish to emphasize and draw the particular attention of the House to recommendation No.1 of the Committee in its report which is to this effect and I quote: - “Recommendation No.1 - The nomination of the six persons to the NPSC was unconstitutional within the context of Articles 246(2) (a) (i) and 166(2) of the Constitution. Pursuant to Section 6(9) of the National Police Service Commission Act, 2011, the Committee recommends the names of the six nominees be referred back to the President to submit fresh nominations”. A very clear finding in recommendation which the House will agree or disagree with; approve or disapprove and, the consequences are obvious, are they not? Hon. Members, I, therefore, urge and direct that the debate on the Motion for the adoption of the report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the vetting of the nominees to the NPSC be proceeded with from the point at which it was interrupted. I direct that this business be placed on the Order Paper at the immediate next Sitting of the House. Thank you."
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