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    "content": "Ordinary Petitions and Standing Order No.230 for petitions seeking the removal of a member of a constitutional commission or holder of an independent office. Hon. Members, before I venture into the general admissibility of the Petition in terms of the Standing Orders, I shall first deal with a material issue which the Petition raises by seeking the removal of the CJ as a Commissioner of the JSC. As Members are aware, once a person is appointed as CJ under Article 166 of the Constitution, that person is automatically designated as the President of the Supreme Court and Chairperson of the JSC under Articles 163(1)(a) and 171(2)(a) respectively. With this in mind, a clear reading of the Constitution reveals that the Office of the CJ and that of Chairperson of the JSC are joined at the hip and may only be held by one person. Therefore, a person desirous of removing the Chairperson of the JSC from office must necessarily seek for his or her removal as the CJ. In this regard, a person must petition the JSC for the removal of the Chief Justice via the express procedures provided under Article 168 of the Constitution. Indeed, and by analogy, Article 127(2)(a) of the Constitution automatically designates the person elected as Speaker of the National Assembly to be the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission. Therefore, a person seeking the removal of the Chairperson of the PSC from office must necessarily seek for the removal from office of the Speaker under Article 106(2)(c) of the Constitution. Hon. Members,"
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