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    "id": 540916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "The reason I am moving that we drop recommendations 1,2 and 3 on Page 55 is because the Articles cited, that is, 73, 75, 76, 125, 161, 171, 172, 173, 245 and 251 of the Constitution, are all accommodated by Article 251. The recommendations given in 1, 2 and 3 under Article 251 of the Constitution are obvious. I will read one of them so that I can convince this House that immediately we approve this, then the recommendations are automatic. The President is required to do all the following as recommended herein. Article 251(3) states: “The National Assembly shall consider the petition and, if it is satisfied that it discloses a ground under Clause (1), shall send the petition to the President.” So, by saying that the House resolved that the Petition herein together with the materials be sent to the President, it is an obvious thing. Under the Constitution, the President will receive all these. So, the House cannot just sit to resolve the obvious. Two, the House resolved that His Excellency the President appoints a tribunal. It is obvious under Article 251(5) that the tribunal shall consist--- So, it is automatic that the President will set up a tribunal if the House agrees on this. The third one and the last one is: “Considering the matters to which the Petition herein relates, the House resolves that His Excellency the President suspends the Commissioners herein pending the determination of the tribunal.” The Constitution is so clear about what the President must do. So, the House need not be directing him, we will be just wasting our time because it says: “The tribunal shall consist of a person who holds or has held office ---” It goes ahead to describe all of them."
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