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    "content": "a technical assistance because it touches on the question of the authority of the Parliament. Normally, Parliaments lose authority and power gradually and not on a single day. The way the Lancaster Constitution was amended, was by a slow motion. Parliament gradually lost its power to the Executive and eventually it became an appendage of the Presidency. It took Hon. Oloo Aringo, in the last two Parliaments, to try and bring back the dignity and power of Parliament. What we are faced with is - we take it the way the President has brought it, or we have no alternative. Are we legislators, or are we an appendage of the Presidency? More often than not, we agree with the President’s reservations. However, it is important that the role of Parliament should not be eroded. I am saying this with utmost humility. Mr. Chairman, Sir, if you also look at our Standing Orders, you will see that there are some procedural issues. Where the President has reservations, that should not only appear before joint committees, but relevant committees of Parliament. For example, on this issue, the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget should have played a role so that we are sure that we still remain lawmakers and not the Executive becoming the lawmaker. Those are my views. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Sir."
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