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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lesuuda",
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        "legal_name": "Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion that is before us and also to commend the Chairman and the Vice-Chair of this Committee which I was a member. I also had the privilege of sharing experience with distinguished Senators who thoroughly looked at the issues that pertain to this House and this institution. I remember very well that one of the things that we clearly spelt out before even we started our work was to say that we are not looking at how to make the Senate the Upper House for the sake of it, because of our past relationships with National Assembly, or a way of weakening the National Assembly. At all times, that was our guiding principle as a Committee. The other guiding principle was that we need to strengthen the institution; the House itself as a Senate. That is why, earlier on, many of my colleagues have said that many of us will not be in this House come the next elections. But the need of having a strong Senate for the purpose of the new system of governance that we have is very critical, beyond each one of us, beyond any Member in this House or even in the National Assembly. Madam Speaker, it was also interesting to note, and it is something that we have talked about for a long time and it is also an observation that I noticed since we came to this House; we said that for a long time the Senate has been weak. The Senate cannot execute its mandate, but it was interesting to note that many of those who sit in this institution now, sat in the Tenth Parliament which actually worked a lot to make sure that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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