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    "id": 408407,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to support the amendment, especially because of the issue of the Party Campaign Expenditure Rules. They should not be so divergent from party to party as was in the previous clause. Even with the addition of this clause, I would like to get the feelings of the Members through you. If the Commission makes rules to regulate election campaign financing 12 months before the election, it will be much safer if we make it clear that such rules must be approved by Parliament. In as much as there might be approval later on, on the limits, some of the rules might be unconvincing or too tedious. This House, with the mandate to legislate, should be part of the process of the final approval of whichever rules are set by the Commission. That then comes much earlier than the 12 months. Otherwise, if we give the Commission the power to unilaterally come up with the Election Campaign Financing Rules, we will not be sure the direction we will head; we might find rules that are really inconveniencing not only to political parties, but even to Members who will be campaigning. I would like to be informed on that."
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