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    "content": "Well, I would want to let that matter rest at that point. However, it is important also to appreciate that because we are two Houses of Parliament, there is an agreement on how to share especially in leadership of international organisations. The sharing is that the leadership of the PAP or communication, especially to do with matters on communication, is domiciled in the Senate. But that of course, does not mean that the Senate provides the majority membership to the PAP, which appears to be misinforming the goings on. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is domiciled in the National Assembly and so is the ACP/EU Parliamentary Union, which is domiciled in the National Assembly. The IPU is domiciled in the Senate. That means that whoever it is that we sent to those international meetings, for instance, if it is the CPA, the leadership of the delegation that attends will be from the National Assembly. If it is ACP, the National Assembly provides leadership of the delegations. When it comes to the IPU, the leadership of the delegation will be from the Senate. Of course, it is a completely different thing when it comes to the PAP, because that is a Parliament. It is more often than not that Members will be sitting in Committees and what they discuss in the Committees will be reported to the plenary of the PAP. So, it becomes a bit difficult to talk about leadership of a delegation. I know this may be sending gitters sometimes to people, but that is the way things are. It is a Parliament, it has legislative functions and therefore, it deliberates as well. Therefore, it becomes very difficult for you to say that you are leading the delegation. You do not go there for conferences unlike the other organisations. They go there for serious Parliamentary business at the PAP. You leave it to the leadership of the two Houses and before the PAP reconvenes in May, I hope we will have resolved those problems. I also understand that there is agreement within the CORD Coalition as to who should be in PAP. Just leave it to us and we will see how we will best address it. We have just resumed and as you know, the Senate is still; emphasis on the word “still”, on recess."
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