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    "id": 533911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "(a) by deleting subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— ―(2) Where a vacancy occurs under subsection (1), the President shall within fourteen days, by notice in the Gazette, nominate a person to be appointed as Auditor-General and forward the name for approval by the National Assembly in accordance with Article 229(1) of the Constitution‖; (b) by deleting subclause (3); (c) by deleting subclause (4); (d) by deleting subclause (5); (e) by deleting subclause (6); (f) by deleting subclause (7); (g) by deleting subclause (8) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— ―(8) The National Assembly shall, within seven days of receiving the nominations, consider and approve or reject the nominations‖; (h) in subclause (9) (b) by deleting the words ―from amongst the candidates forwarded by the Public Service Commission under subsection (6)‖ and substitute therefor ― within fourteen days of receipt of the same‖; (i) in subclause (10) by — (i) deleting the words ―all or‖ appearing immediately after the words ―Assembly rejects; (ii) deleting the expression ―subsections (1) to (7) shall, with necessary modifications, apply ‖ and substituting therefor the expression ― subsections (2) to (3) shall apply‖; (j) by deleting subclause (12); I am pleading with the House. If you look at Article 229(1) of the Constitution, it says:- ―229. (1) There shall be an Auditor-General who shall be nominated by the President and, with the approval of the National Assembly, appointed by the President.‖ This wording is exactly the same wording that is used when the President nominates Cabinet Secretaries. When he does that, they do not have to go to the Public Service Commission (PSC). I think what this clause intends to do is to delete all references to the PSC. The Constitution clearly allows the President to nominate. I do not see why in this instance we should again subject that nomination to the PSC and yet when he nominates the Cabinet Secretaries using the same provisions of the Constitution, he does not have to refer the same to the PSC. I think that provision is superfluous and in my view an unnecessary engagement of public resources which includes human resource when it is clear that once the nomination is done, it is brought here and the process takes its course."
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