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    "id": 81847,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/81847/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a lot of respect for the Minister. I know that he is not a lawyer, and all that, but I am seeking your direction on this matter, whether all answers that are brought before this House, really are constitutional. If a Minister can come here with an answer which says; “yes, there is a court judgement, but there is a Cabinet decision which disallows the respect of that court judgement”, is such an answer really acceptable in this House? This is a grave matter. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance must tell us that this is unconstitutional. In fact, I am inviting the Chair to find that this answer is really not constitutional, because a Cabinet decision cannot overrule a court order. In fact, there is a fundamental question here. We are in a new constitutional dispensation. The Judiciary must be respected by Parliament and by the Executive. I was inviting you to an interpretation that this answer cannot be accepted in this House. It is unconstitutional. I was also inviting you to give a ruling that this is an unconstitutional answer, and that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance must go back and bring us a constitutional answer, which will be to pay those people in accordance with the court judgement. There is no appeal."
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