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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Thank you for this opportunity, hon. Speaker. Before I get into this Bill, there are serious questions that we need to answer or think about on this Meditation Committee now that we will be having mediation committees as contemplated by the Constitution. With the disagreements coming from the Senate, we know we will be having these committees more than what we have had now. Under Article 113 of the Constitution, you and the hon. Speaker of the Senate are given powers to nominate Members to be in the mediation committee once the two Houses disagree on these Bills particularly the Division of Revenue Bill now. The Constitution does not say the number of Members to be nominated to these mediation committees but it talks of “an equal number.” Since you and the hon. Speaker of the Senate had agreed on the three, we can take that as fair because the Constitution does not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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