{"id":307277,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/307277/?format=json","text_counter":320,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"I take cognizance of the change of Chair. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue I want to raise is that of criminalizing Members of Parliament. In every piece of legislation, you say that this person shall not be appointed if they have served as a Member of Parliament. I am wondering if we retire as Members of Parliament or if you are thrown out by the public as a lot of us in this House will be, then what do you do? Very soon we will be legislating that Members of Parliament cannot sell vegetables or cannot do anything! I want to indicate that these are some of those things that we must think of very carefully. With regard to Clause 9 on the appointment of the Director-General, the Bill states that those seeking that office must be open, transparent, and must be vetted. I spoke to---"}