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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader (",
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    "content": "Sen. Murkomen): Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This is a very important Bill. As I discussed yesterday, we need Commissioners to be in place in good time. Since yesterday, most of the contributors talked about the standards required. We all remember that the Kriegler Commission recommended that we must have a fully constituted commission two years before elections. This is so that we do not rush around at the last minute to get people to work in the Commission. We now have three Commissioners out of seven. We need to fill in the four Commissioners and ensure that the Commission is in place, in case of anything, including a referendum. At the moment, we are discussing constitutional amendments. We quickly need to have a fully constituted Commission to think through whether we should amend our Constitution. I know that many people have talked about elections being stolen. The IEBC has always been an excuse for every person who loses elections. Other than just putting the Commission in place, we must respect and have faith in the people we put there. Sometimes, most of the accusations that leveled against them cannot be proven. The Supreme Court made a determination that the election was not conducted properly. They went ahead and said that the same Commission should go ahead and do it and they did a good job."
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