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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me explain why we need 24 delegates and that is my last point. We need 24 delegates here because by virtue of Article 115, the Senate must pass a decision which means, the Senate must vote. However, there is no requirement that the Senate must support the memorandum, in this case, the Motion, but it can pass. You pass a decision by either positive or negative. I see no legal hindrance and the 24 number is a myth. It is a number created for convenience and not backed by the Constitution or Standing Orders. All we require is 15 Senators and we are home and dry on this Motion. I think it is important for us – I agree with the Senate Minority Leader on this one – to make decisions consistently based on the Constitution and the law and not whimsical decisions that suit either the Mover or what the Opposer of a Motion needs to achieve. I say so, because I listened with horror as the Senate Minority Leader wanted to impute improper motives on the distinguished Members of this House, trying to suggest that there are Senators here who have been voting without the authority to do so. He was trying even to create a fictitious rule that the delegation or designation to vote must be done on a case by case basis. It is not in the Constitution or Standing Orders. It only exists in the whims and fertile imagination of the Senate Minority Leader. Finally, it is not right to try and cast aspersions at other Senators, trying to pretend or purport that there has been some illegalities going on here. Although you went quiet on that one, unless this matter rests there, I will be very agitated and restless next time the Senate Minority Leader is left to go scot free on an allegation like this one where he 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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