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    "id": 422964,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "I have not heard any Member of Parliament who has insisted that he or she wants to fly the national flag. It is because we are contended with the constitutional roles that we play. Why should there be clamour by other entities to have this very important facility hoisted on their vehicles, while there is no relevance of their jobs with regard to this facility? The new Constitution is a very generous document and the way it is being applied or interpreted is shocking. This Eleventh Parliament, including the Senate, must provide leadership. If we allow all entities to interpret the Constitution in a way that befits their own day to day interests, then we shall have lost the very theme of having a civilized nation managed under a constitutional order. That is why we have the kind of uproar that we are having right now on the mandates and separation of institutional roles between the three arms of Government and other emerging arms. This House must provide leadership. That is because pursuant to Article 95(2), it is this House that is expected to provide leadership and guidance on how State officers are supposed to behave, including ourselves, and that is the bit that we have not done. That is why today, you find that different State officers are doing different things just to suit their own day-to-day interests."
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