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    "content": "Hon. Ojode, order! Order! Mr. Chairman, Sir, the other shortcoming that we have is that, despite the fact that yesterday, those who were here were willing to contribute, there was also this mood of the House which was insisting on questions being put without adequate debate. I have heard my good friend Mr. Mbadi put an argument which could be valid from one side. However, if you look at Clause 8 which allows for party mergers, if you are going to allow for party mergers there has to be a forum for the Members of Parliament to preach about that party merger out there. What we lacked yesterday was adequate time for Members to debate this matter. To conclude, on the issue of procedure, I plead with the Chair; if we allow that every time somebody is not comfortable with a resolution, we reopen debate on the clause, then that will become a permanent precedent in the House. There are many avenues. The parties concerned can go, lobby and shoot the entire Bill out in totality. That is an option! The other option is perhaps to write to the President or the Attorney-General to object and quote what they are not comfortable with, if it is unconstitutional. However, re-opening this debate will totally be unfair."
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