{"id":359253,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/359253/?format=json","text_counter":538,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"May 16, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 52 Hon. Ochieng","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you very much, hon. Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member is my friend. But I am a lawyer also and I have looked at his proposal. I think I am inclined to oppose it. That is because the Constitution is very clear. You know we have some language that the Constitution uses. For a party that does not form the Government, the Constitution uses the word “minority party”. That is the meaning of the Constitution and I think that if we go further and start using terms that are not--- If you look at the Standing Orders, the word that runs through is the “minority party”. I am inclined in that regard, therefore, to oppose the amendment. Thank you."}