{"id":627846,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/627846/?format=json","text_counter":117,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Elachi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13115,"legal_name":"Beatrice Elachi","slug":"beatrice-elachi"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know it is an issue for a party, but we never de- whipped Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale because of the Implementation Committee. It was the Committee for Finance, Budget and Commerce. We had not done election then. If the elections were held, I do not think we would de-whip our members although they have gone against the party position."}