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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lesuuda",
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        "legal_name": "Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": ", is not true, because for our colleagues to convince us to pass this Motion as it is, they will have to table facts and law here so as to convince us to pass this Motion as a House. I definitely know, and I am sure that if the Senate Minority Leader rises to move this Motion, he will definitely raise facts and merit that will enable us as a House to pass this Motion as it is. I also want to echo what my colleagues have said, that this House has no mandate to render a law unconstitutional. I am sure that is why the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has also gone to court. It is also important for us as a House to protect the dignity of this House, the same way we have been saying it on other matters. This is also another opportunity so that we do not come with our hidden agendas when it suits us as a House; we come and say that this is the right thing to do. When it does not suit us, we come and say that it is not the right thing to do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to echo my voice that, as a House, we should also respect other institutions. When we met with the Judiciary, there are several things that we agreed on. These are things that we need to honour even for other institutions to take us seriously and respect us. If we thought before that we should not respect the Judiciary, that was before we met them and agreed on a number of issues. Therefore, it is important to let the Judiciary as an institution to do its job. We can raise other matters; for example, why the amendment Bill was only passed by the National Assembly and not by both Houses, but not the merit of the laws that have already been passed. I rest my case."
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