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    "id": 733086,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Parliaments the world over in many civilised jurisdictions, have never questioned the authority of the Judiciary to examine laws passed by parliaments or, indeed, examine any other decisions that parliaments may pass. Indeed, because of the respect that the two arms have for each other, that is why there was developed, in our own Standing Orders, the respect for the subjudice rule. This means that when a matter is pending before court, as one Member has indicated, in fairness and in deference, we should avoid debating it. This is so as to avoid confusion as to who is determining the matter. One would have expected, of course, that if a matter is pending before the House and anybody has any issues whether the procedures of the House are the ones to be questioned, you should wait until the House has gone through it. Like I have said, since this is a matter about which the House has expressed itself on, I intend to go back to the precedents and comparable decisions from other jurisdictions and make a quick decision bearing in mind of course that this House had resolved to extend the period within which the petition was to be considered by the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. Indeed, the issues raised are quite weighty because there has not been any decision made, at least not one that I am aware of, that suspends the period. Therefore, one may wish to know what then becomes of that period that the House had resolved to give to the Committee to consider the petition. It is a matter that we must be sober about and not personalise it. I do not think there is need to personalise the issues; they are clear. We will come up with a considered ruling or direction on the matter most likely by the afternoon of Thursday, this week."
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