{"id":413430,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/413430/?format=json","text_counter":393,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Pukose","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1458,"legal_name":"Robert Pukose","slug":"robert-pukose"},"content":"Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, when I was drafting this amendment, one of the issues that we agreed upon even with the Chairman was that the Member of the National Assembly be ex-officio. That way, you can attend any of the sittings and find out whatever is happening at that level. I do not think that if a Member of Parliament appears there as an ex-officio member then this is unconstitutional. Then I could further amend it to say that the Member of Parliament appears as an ex-officio."}