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    "content": "Article 97 of the Constitution addresses the issue of the National Assembly and the number of special seats. Article 98 focuses on the specific provisions for the Senate, which are critical and have been put out in the Bill. It is important to have the sunset clause because 20 years is a long time. We expect that after 20 years, we would have attained more than the two-thirds or the one-third, but there is also the possibility that it will not have happened. We do not want to reach a point where we have closed all avenues. In the previous Bill, we did not have this review in place. This Bill puts that review in place, which helps us to move ahead. If you look at the issue of nomination from a positive perspective, yes, we are nurturing women. However, some unpalatable statements have been made in this House about how people get their nominations. I am so disappointed because some of these statements come from women. Initially, when we were at political meetings, some women would stand and speak the loudest about such things. When it comes to some positions, not everybody can get them. No matter how many nominations we give, some people will not get those nominations. As women, we must stand and support each other. The worst thing is for any woman to stand and talk about how another woman got a nomination, by doing God-knows-what. In fact, people should ask her because she might know that system better than anybody else. When it comes from men, I will ask two questions: Do you not think that there is any woman qualified enough to be nominated? When it is a man who has been nominated, what did he do to be nominated? Nominations are there to help make specific contributions. Women are coming up with these positions both in the National Assembly and the Senate. Sen. Wetangula has just talked about the role of women in the Senate and the amount of work that we put in. The fact is that if you look at the composition now, we are at 90 per cent. These are the things that we need to press on. As we look at the Committee work, what sort of contribution are women bringing into those committees?"
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