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    "id": 599931,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is true that this is a clear provision in the Constitution. However, it is important that we have uniform standards for law-making. This is because I have seen many times when we lift constitutional provisions word for word and put them in statutes, there seems nothing wrong with it. So, I wish the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs will listen to me so that we can have uniform standards for law- making. For example, if you look at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Act, there are large sections of it which are lifted word for word from the Constitution. While it is true that this might be superfluous, we need to have uniform standards for law-making so that one standard does not apply here today and it applies tomorrow. Thank you."
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