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    "content": "National Assembly to swear allegiance to the new Constitution. This is because the Procedural Motion is brought under the current Standing Orders which are, in turn, founded on the Constitution which will lapse upon the promulgation of the new Constitution tomorrow, 27th August, 2010. The Constitution that serves this country today has not lapsed. The new Constitution is not in force at this moment. Any objection that a Motion is unconstitutional, therefore, must cite the provisions of the Constitution rather than the Constitution that is yet to be promulgated. It must cite the provisions of the Constitution that have been contravened. The Chair cannot sustain an objection based on a provision of a constitution that is not in force. Similarly, an objection is not tenable if its effect is to claim that the Motion will become unconstitutional at some future date. Hon. Members, in view of the fact that the Motion before this House is in keeping with the Constitution as it is now, I rule that the point of order raised in respect of the constitutionality or otherwise of the Motion is unmeritorious."
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