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    "id": 702697,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "I would like to say that saying “progressive” is kicking the can down the road. It is shacking responsibility. It is saying: “Let others deal with it ahead.” Yet, it is us who are here in this day, time and season and it is upon us to come up with the solution. If you see a provision where those who are the most affected or those who have been the biggest proponents not supporting, I do not think it is fair for us, as male Members or whoever it is, to try and push this down the throat of the women Members. It is not for us or the women here. It is for this country. I would like to urge the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs - because I do not think this is good – to relook at this issue. Of course, it is difficult to legislate on electoral outcome. That is true. The arguments from both sides make sense. The men are saying that we cannot define how the outcome of an election can be but, we have been able to do a few things. One, we have been able to debunk the myth that the wage bill will be inordinately high because of that addition. I hope and pray that we can be able to sit down and come up with proposals that, number one, do not put unnecessary burden on the taxpayer. Two, look at the outcome of the election so that we do not create specific numbers anywhere that once people have been elected, we can do the top-up according to party lists. In my opinion, it is that simple. In pushing this, I urge the caucus of women, through you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, to use certain political skills. Let us talk about young women as well and have a zebra kind of arrangement because Article 100 also foresees the representation of youth and persons with disability. Let us say that for every three women who come through the party list based on the numbers that need to be filled in terms of a gap, one will be a woman above 35 years, one will be a woman below the age of 35 who is a youth and one will be a woman living with disability. I think it is not as difficult as we keep on saying. So, I want to oppose this proposal. I ask all Members of this House to take leadership. I urge my colleagues of the same gender as I am not to see this as a---"
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