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    "id": 590853,
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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 time has also come when we really need some sober debates in this country on some of the structures we have put in place. This debate came up during the Constitution-making process, but we must open it again. How much has the Supreme Court done to this country to increase access to justice? Has this country become a better place because of having a Supreme Court? My view is that in the few instances that the Supreme Court has been called upon to be an independent arbiter and to be a neutral referee, they have chosen to be players in a matter where they are supposed to be. I have, for instance, the issue of the two-thirds gender rule where the Supreme Court has been giving judgements that sound good on paper but, indeed, are far from good. For example, we have been having issues of the date of the next general elections and teachers’ salaries. We must have sober debate because some of these institutions we have brought in are supposed to make our country a better place to live in. But when they appear to be pushing us to further deadlocks, as a country, we must come out courageously to say that we do not need them."
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