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    "id": 408510,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Whereas I understand and appreciate the argument of hon. Gumbo totally deleting this provision negates my earlier plea where we said that there still needs to be accountability or rather an interaction by the candidate and the political party on expenditure due to the fact that the consequences therein will relate to both the candidate and the political party. Given the fact that within the Elections Act, you actually have a mandatory 45 days between nomination and the actual election, there is a minimum of 45 days--- I propose that instead of totally doing away with the provision or instead of seven days, we have it at 21 days. This will also serve both sides well because the candidate will have time to prepare the expenditure report. The political party will also be able to see whether there is need to further help or assist a candidate based on that expenditure report or to see if there are issues that they need to interact with the candidate. I am quite averse to the proposal to totally remove the political party for that engagement within that period but we have time within the 45 days between nominations and actual elections. We can say that within 21 days of the political party nomination, I think we would have solved your issue. Seven days is too close given the fact that most political parties will still be dealing with issues of certificates and will still ensure that there is that interaction between the political party and their candidates. It will even give the political parties clarity on who might need more support or who has certain problems or who has issues of compliance. I think the Chair will have the final say. I propose that instead of seven days we actually have 21 days. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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