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    "id": 309030,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended in Sub-clause (1) of Clause 9- (a) by inserting the word “Parliament” immediately after the word “President” appearing in paragraph (d); (b) by inserting the words “from unauthorized disclosure” at the end of Sub-paragraph(vi) of Paragraph (n). Again, this particular aspect - and just for the attention of hon. Members - if you look at Clause 9(1)(d), basically, there was an omission of the role of Parliament. The Constitution clearly says that the security sector is accountable to the Constitution and Parliament. Therefore, we just added Parliament in addition to reporting to the President, the National Security Council and the Cabinet Secretary, there was no provision for Parliament. That is a requirement under the Constitution. So, what we did was to cite the constitutional oversight role of Parliament. Again, it was agreed by almost all the stakeholders. The other bit was just an amendment to improve on 2(n)(6). It was an editorial issue. That was agreed and so there was no controversy on this because that is what the Constitution provides."
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