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    "id": 408753,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am not convinced and I would just like to ask if possible, why the extension from three months to eight months is necessary? In the course of your campaigns, they usually change. As you keep campaigning, you might be able to convince more people to support you. If within three months of the polling day you have overwhelmingly convinced a new orgnaisation to support you, I think we should not prohibit that organisation from being able to support you because three months is good enough time. I have not understood really the justification of eight months before an election. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you should also remember that nomination is done for 45 days. Many other factors like which party you are likely to be nominated under and whether your opponents are dropping out or not, influence whether people want to support you. So, I do not think we should limit ourselves to eight months because in many respects in eight months you really may not be allowed to be campaigning according to other laws that we have. So, how are you getting funding when the official campaign period has not started? So, I think to be safer we need to drop that and remain with three because three will be well within the official campaign period and we will not be cutting ourselves at our feet when we get new support based on the political dynamics such as the political party you will be running on and what is happening with other candidates. 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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