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    "content": "Hon. Members, the point of order raised by the Member for Ikolomoni has been addressed fairly ably and exhaustively. With respect to whether or not the list of the Members of the Cabinet that will be sworn in on the promulgation of the new Constitution should be made public is a matter that is neither here nor there. As to whether or not it should be made public, is not a matter that is obligatory until the new Constitution takes effect. Under the current Constitution, His Excellency the President still enjoys the prerogative to appoint Ministers. This House is not about to interfere with that authority which is currently vested in His Excellency the President. As and when the new Constitution is promulgated and, therefore, takes effect, then this House will have a right to question appointments or even vet appointments of Ministers, or as they are referred, Principal Secretaries, that will serve in the Government. With regard to the second limb, which is whether or not this House can, in fact, recognize or swear in those Members of the Cabinet, namely, Ministers and Assistant Ministers, who are in breach of the provisions of Chapter Six of the new Constitution, yes, that is a matter that the Speaker will have authority to give directions on. But that I can only do after the new Constitution takes effect. So, as and when it takes effect, Dr. Khalwale, if you want that matter re-visited, I undertake to give directions on the occasion of the swearing-in of hon. Members of the House."
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