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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. There is no denying that we are still in an election cycle. We held elections on 8th August, 2017, but we are not yet done because of the petition which led to nullification of the presidential election by the Supreme Court. From that Supreme Court judgement, it is very clear that there are a lot of difficulties in the election laws that are in place today. Unless they are simplified, it would be difficult to carry out elections any further. The same court did actually recognise the fact that there could be some difficulties and Parliament should legislate to ensure that the elections conform to the provision of Article 81 of the Constitution. What we are discussing now is not the Bill itself. It is actually a Select Committee to look at that Bill and make a report to the Senate before we actually start discussing it. It is true that normally this matter is referred to a committee which deals with such matters when the committees are constituted. However, since we have not constituted the committees up to now because our friends on the other side are not here, it is only fair that the activities of this House continue. Procedures and systems should be put in place so that the functions of this House continue. This Motion is before us so that we form an Ad hoc Committee, so that this matter can be dealt with. It is true that the Members are from only one side of the House because Members of the other side decided to go on holiday and do other things which"
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