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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Haji",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Defence and Acting Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": " I beg your pardon, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Assumption of the Office of the President Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the principal object of this Bill is to operationalize the provisions of Article 141 of the Constitution on the procedure and ceremony for the assumption of the Office of the President. This Bill provides for a framework to facilitate and organize handover of power to the incoming President. It details how a President-elect will take over office and the process of handing over with clear timelines. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under Part II, the Bill contains provisions that indicate a major departure from the manner in which the Presidents were sworn in office in the past. The timing, place and State officer to administer the oath to the President-elect will no longer be the discretion of the select few. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill establishes a Committee to be known as the Assumption of the Office of the President Committee consisting of 18 persons. This Committee will facilitate the handing over process by the outgoing President to the President-elect. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Part IV of the Bill provides for the swearing in ceremony of the President-elect. It shall be conducted in a public ceremony held in the capital City. The committee shall publish by notice in the Gazette, the date and place for the conduct of the swearing-in ceremony. The day on which the President-elect is sworn in shall be a public holiday. During the swearing in ceremony, the President-elect shall take and subscribe to the oath of affirmation for the execution of the functions of the office, not earlier than 10.00 a.m. and later than 2.00 p.m., and shall sign a certificate of inauguration. This part also provides for the swearing in of the Deputy President-elect."
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