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    "content": "Now, when you look at article 222(1), it says: “If the Appropriation Act for the financial year has not been assented to, or is not likely to be assented to by the beginning of that financial year, the National Assembly may authorize the withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Fund.” But you see we do not have the Appropriation Bill because the estimates have not been approved, and we have the 21 days in which they have to follow all the rules of the Constitution, come back, report to the House and have the estimates approved. Once they have been approved, then we are talking of the Appropriation Bill. With that, if we do not have to go through the Appropriations Bill first, we can still approve 50 per cent of the estimates. Now we are talking of 50 per cent; but it is 50 per cent of what? It should be 50 per cent of the approved estimates but they are not there. That is my worry otherwise I have no problem with the Vote on Account; that is the reason why I am opposing this Motion."
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