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    "id": 464702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, a precedent has been set on the manner of amending a Report proposing a rejection in total, or in part, of nominees to a constitutional Commission. Hon. Members may recall that in the Tenth Parliament, a Report by the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the appointment of Commissioners to the Gender and Equality Commission, which had recommended the appointment of Commissioners and the rejection of the chairperson, was amended and the name of the chairperson was approved by the House. Similarly, at the beginning of this Session, the House amended a Report that had proposed that some of the names be approved while one was to be rejected. These two cases are different from what we have today as they were proposing that part of the names be approved, and that part of them be rejected. Order No.8 is a Motion that is asking the House to adopt a Report of a Committee proposing rejection of all names, and not partial approval of the list. The closest precedent to what we have today is the manner in which the House was guided following its decision to reject the Motion on the adoption of the Report by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the appointment of the chairperson and members of the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission. The Report, which had proposed that the chairperson be rejected, was rejected by the House. Subsequently, the Speaker ruled that a rejection of a Motion proposing the rejection of nominees results in maintaining the status quo. That is, 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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