{"id":586730,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/586730/?format=json","text_counter":137,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":170,"legal_name":"Bonny Khalwale","slug":"bonny-khalwale"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, again, I join my colleagues in requesting that deep thought is put on this matter. May I tell all who care to hear that we are not afraid to consider the reservation of the President, because we are aware that the Executive under this Constitution has every right to initiate legislation. Therefore, I will request you to apply the best legal mind, yours included, on this matter, to confirm to what extent the so-called reservation goes towards exercising veto power vis-a-vis an attempt to initiate new legislation. If you find that it goes towards an attempt of hiding through veto to participate in legislation, then I urge you to resist. This is because Parliament will be submitting itself to the Executive. We shall no longer be exercising the principle of separation of powers. We will have become, if everything, a mere appendage or department within the office of the President."}