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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. I shall also be making certain reactions to the Report. First and foremost, I refer to the minutes of the Committee which actually did the vetting on 26th February, 2015. As I look at the minutes therein, the threshold the Committee set was similar to an interview of a Commissioner of Police in the old regime. This test that they applied fails the test of a modern Constitution, particularly as articulated under Chapter 14 of this Constitution. When this Constitution was being written, we had several issues that we wanted to take care of; we wanted to depoliticize, de-ethinicize and professionalize the police force. In my assessment, this nominee fails all the tests. Mr. Speaker, Sir, under Article 239 (3) the Inspector-General (IG) of Police is under the obligation of all the security organs to act in an impartial manner, not to further any interest of a political party or a cause or to prejudice a political interest or political cause that is legitimate under this Constitution. The process of his nomination pours cold water onto these provisions because he has been appointed in a political manner; neither was he tested on issues of neutrality and impartiality during the interview."
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