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    "id": 838470,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Motion. I believe Members have given their word on this. I rise to oppose this Motion. When we are elected to this House to represent the people of this country, we take an oath of office to protect the Constitution. We cannot amend or attempt to change the Constitution on a whim. There are democracies that we borrow from: the United States of America, Canada and Britain. Since 1776 until around 1954, the Americans were able to change their Constitution 14 times. The Canadians for 45 years did not make a single amendment to their Constitution. Changing the Constitution on a whim is a weighty thing. We, in this House, cannot arrogate to ourselves the knowledge, the expertise or whatever thing to pretend that we can sit here to say that something is wrong with our Constitution. In the army where I was for many years, there is something called a lost procedure. Once you get lost when you are out in the field… The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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