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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for making the clarification. In fact, I was very concerned about the meaning of Standing Order No.29 (2). Indeed, you have correctly said that this Order gives you the latitude to make a decision on any matter which is urgent and exceptional. I agree with you on this. But I beg that you listen to me on this Standing Order because I am convinced that whereas the Standing Order gives you the latitude to do so, however, there are other compelling reasons which have taken away from you what has been given to you by Standing Order No.29(2) under this particular Motion. I say this for the following reasons:- One, when you look at the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, it requires that a Motion of this nature should have first been tabled at a sitting of the Cabinet by the respective Cabinet Secretary in consultation with the Attorney-General. After the Cabinet meeting has decided that this kind of Motion should proceed, then it will be brought to Parliament. In your Communication, you have not told us whether the Senate Majority Leader presented any document to the effect that this matter was before the Cabinet and the Cabinet decided that it should be tabled in the Senate. This is important because that Act requires that during that information, there should be a memorandum outlining amongst other things, what the national interest of this kind of Motion would be. Indeed, the House would like to know the national interest of withdrawing from the ICC. Secondly, the memorandum should also indicate the constitutional implications, including whether now that we are contemplating withdrawing from the ICC, or whether we also want to amend Article 2(5) and Article 2(6) of our Constitution which provides---"
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