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    "content": "As we speak, we have a Governor who was impeached by this House long time ago but the Governor is still running office. This means that we need to be careful as a House on how we handle matters before this House so that we do not engage in an exercise in futility. If we are not careful, we are going directly the same route in a process that could easily embarrass this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the relationship between us and the Judiciary, we initiated a process in this House that caused a lot of concern especially from the “Lower” House when the Senate engages with the leadership of the Judiciary. We agreed on a number of informal issues; some of the things we need to engage in, the processes that we need to do and how we need to relate. This process that we are about to engage in this afternoon, spearheaded by the Senate Minority Leader, will completely go against the spirit of the same engagement that we had with the Judiciary. It would be wrong as a Senate, if we are going to be the first ones to break that spirit of engagement and the new found way of doing things between us and the Judiciary. Therefore, I want to persuade you to find that this matter is sub judice and that we do not engage in it. Let us allow the courts to finalize the process. On the issue of Article 110 (3) of the Constitution, the Senate Minority Leader and the Senate Majority Leader have been given responsibility and powers by the Standing Orders to call for a Special Session. They have specific powers given to them but on the matter of Article 110 (3) of the Constitution, they do not have a role. I want to persuade the Senate Minority Leader to appreciate that on this particular issue, he should tell us that the two Speakers did not sit and did not agree but if you draft a Motion making a presumption that they did not agree, that is wrong. He needs to ---"
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