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"content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I needed your direction in terms of the way we need to proceed in future. We have been exchanging views with other Parliaments across the world. If I was to draw colleagues’ attention to what we found in Philippines, for Motions such as this, if there is no registered opposition, they are merely read and confirmed passed. We are here waiting to debate several matters: Bills, Motions and others and we are binding ourselves to take a whole one hour-and-a-half confirming that this professor should be appointed. Why are we wasting all that time? In as much as it is in our Standing Orders now, I think going into the future, we should rationalize the manner in which we proceed, so that if we have matters where we have convergence of minds, we do not waste national time debating them. In this one, I wanted to beg respectfully---"
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