Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 732339,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/732339/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 113,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "(3) The National Assembly shall consider the petition and, if it is satisfied that it discloses a ground under clause (1), shall send the petition to the President. (4) On receiving a petition under clause (3), the President— (a) may suspend the member or office holder pending the outcome of the complaint; and (b) shall appoint a tribunal in accordance with clause (5).‖ Hon. Members, it is important to appreciate from the outset that in the sequence of events contemplated under Article 251, the National Assembly is, indeed, not the trial chamber of the Petition. The obligation bestowed on the House is merely to ascertain whether the Petition discloses a ground for removal... after which the Petition is transmitted to His Excellency the President for the appointment of a tribunal which will act as a trial chamber. In fact, the obligation on the House can be discharged by a direct vote of the House if the House so wishes to encompass such a procedure. An examination of the foregoing provisions will show that at the time of the service of the court orders, the National Assembly was considering the Petition as required under Article 251(3) of the Constitution aforestated. The Petition was received by the National Assembly on 14th February 2017. The Petition was reviewed and it was ascertained that it complied with the relevant provisions of the Constitution, the Petitions to Parliament (Procedure) Act, No.22 of 2012) and the Standing Order No.230 (Petitions for Removal of a member of a Constitutional Commission). Hon. Members, let me allow the ones who are making their way out to do so. You are using only one arm."
}