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    "id": 485757,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. S.S. Ahmed",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not support this Bill in the format it is. Even on the issue of children, we are an African society. I know that I am one of the least qualified to speak about African culture but I know the African social system. An African child is a child of the village and a child of the country. As the Constitution has set it out, the issue of equal rights should not be prejudicial rights. The issue of equal rights should not be used to force somebody to do something which does not conform to the Constitution. The fact that you may be the parent of a child does not require you to have equal rights of access to the child if you have never looked after that child before and you are using the provision for prejudicial purposes. It can be done by both the woman and the man. There are cases where children have been abducted not for the sake of the child, but for the sake of property, and for the sake of emotional blackmail. So, that is something I am totally against. We will bring our amendments. Hon. Millie has said on my behalf, what I wanted to say. So, I will not spend more time on it. I oppose the Bill in its present context. Thank you."
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