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    "content": "Is nominee 001 standing or sitting? Hon. Members, even as I propose this Motion, it is fair to appreciate what I said; that, maybe, we needed to have many of us pay attention to what the Mover was saying. As we know, the IEBC as established, more particularly under Article 88(4) thereof, has an enormous responsibility. It is not limited to dispute resolution among political parties but, they are also supposed to do continuous voter registration and continuous voter education. Certainly, I have not seen them trying to educate the voters. Maybe, it is because the voters only vote for two people. Maybe, they need to go further. It is this House which must rise to the occasion and make sure that that body is reconstituted at least in the manner proposed or in whichever other manner that the House may find appropriate. More importantly, knowing that the process of putting in place the Commission has for a long time been left to some bodies out there which have no duty or obligation. I think the point that the Committee is trying to make is the one of now putting responsibility on constitutional bodies, State organs, to nominate persons to sit in the selection panel. I think that is an important aspect about which we would want to hear as many opinions as possible, whether this is a good idea or it should be left to those other bodies that sometimes congregate on Sundays, others on Fridays and sometimes others in workshops and in such like places. Will those be the ones to give you people to carry out such enormous functions of the IEBC as contained in Article 88, more particularly Clause 4?"
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