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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to raise the issue of separation of powers. What I would want to encourage the Judiciary is to be more assertive. For the first time, I have seen the judiciary actually trying to assert itself. But unfortunately, they are only doing it this time because, in my view, it could be to do with issues that affect them. Other than that, the Judiciary must hold its ground; the Executive must hold its ground and the Legislature must also hold its ground. When you have checks and balances, then we would not have the sort of confusion and mayhem that we see in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about the issue of the independence of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in light of the issues and circumstances that are surrounding us. Depending on what we say or do, we may be setting a very dangerous precedent. The Constitution says that the judges shall be appointed with the recommendation of the JSC. I wonder when the time comes, whether we will be defining what recommendation means. Will the JSC give names, we discard them, pick new ones and then say that we are reforming our judiciary and then we might as well use the old Constitution? Let us not renew institutions alone, but let us also renew our minds. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a dangerous trend that I see emerging in this country. I come from a civil society background. Fortunately for me,"
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