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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Seneta",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill and especially when it comes to the area of nomination. I also want to echo what my other colleagues are suggesting that on this nomination exercise, parties should present their lists after elections so that, at least, we can see those people who served parties and did good work for them instead of us giving out the nomination list when campaigns are ongoing and everyone, including the party leaders, are also very busy. Anybody can sneak in a name of a person who has not even been serious serving the party. I was thinking that nomination lists should be given after elections so that we can scrutinise and see those people who deserve to be nominated. It will also give us a chance to distribute those nomination slots properly. We can have a chance to look at marginalized areas, gender and properly distribute slots according to regions that have supported different parties. I also support the aspect of qualifications, though we know that most of the time the electorate does not look at the qualifications of a person. It is important for those people serving in different levels of government to interpret the Constitution and make policies that can help the country move forward. We are a country that puts a lot of emphasis on education. Most of the time, we look at qualifications in other levels. So, we should also look at qualifications in the political arena, especially when it comes to payment of salaries. We should look at maybe paying according to grades just like how other civil servants are paid. At times it will be very discriminatory if we pay somebody who has not gone to school equally with one who has a degree. We should look into that issue. The issue of the whole process of election should not be just about the voting day. We should look at the institutions, put systems in place and look at the whole process of election so that we can have a fair and transparent election for this country. I support."
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