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    "content": "Hon. Members, the subject of the rule of sub judice in the context of the business of the National Assembly is one upon which the Speaker has ruled severally in recent times and is now firmly established in this House. It does not appear to me that the matter merits a lengthy discussion on this occasion because all the precedents are available to both Members of this House and to the country at large. The rule of sub judice is one which the House has imposed on itself, and which is espoused in Standing Order No.80(1). The essence of this rule is that, subject to the Speaker’s discretion to allow reference to any matter before the House or a Committee of the House, it is not permitted for an hon. Member to refer to a matter which is the subject of active criminal or civil proceedings if discussion of such a matter is likely to prejudice its fair determination. Hon. Members, Standing Order No.80(4) makes it clear that the onus of showing that a matter is sub judice lies on the hon. Member alleging so. Such an hon. Member is required to produce evidence that Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Standing Order No.80 are applicable. On the matter of sub judice in the present case, therefore, the role of the Chair is to determine: (a) whether or not there are active court proceedings; (b) whether or not there is likelihood of prejudice to their fair determination; and (c) whether or not the answer to (a) and (b) is in the affirmative. The Speaker will nonetheless exercise his"
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