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    "id": 512058,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "It is no question that the Speaker of the National Assembly holds a very exalted office. In fact, Erskine May, in Parliamentary Practice and Procedure, says as follows about the Speaker in presiding over the House: “The chief characteristics attaching to the office of the Speaker in the House of Commons are authority and impartiality.” His action cannot be criticised incidentally in debate or upon any form of proceeding except through a substantive Motion. His authority in the Chair is fortified by many special powers which he has. Confidence in the impartiality of the Office of the Speaker is indispensable condition of the successful working of procedure and many conventions exist which have as their objects not only to ensure impartiality of the Speaker but also to ensure that impartiality is generally recognised."
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