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    "id": 992565,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that, but I will leave it at that and not go into the details. Something I must impress upon Members of the Majority side. When we say oversight, I have been a chairman of a party. I do not care about those who question my authority, but you can oversight and question the Government respectfully. You can question issues but not personality of your party leader or anybody. It is out of turn. I want to encourage Sen. Poghisio not to give people the impression that there will be no oversight from the Senate. We must oversight Government and stand on our conscience. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am on record voting against a report, where I was the only Jubilee Senator who voted against it because I felt out of my conscience - everybody tried to fail it from the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee(CPAIC) - it would not be right for me to go with the Majority side, which is allowed. You are elected and have a conscience. I have 2.3 million voters. Sen. Poghisio, you have voters and we have a future in this country. Let us be able and convince the Executive that oversight by the Senate will be done by both the Majority and the Minority side. Supporting Government does not mean keeping quiet when something is not going well. We shall say the truth but in a humble, respective and a way that is forthright. Our colleagues want to go to court and it is within their right. I am reminded of a phrase by Suetonius to Julius Caesar on 10th January, 49 BC, when Julius Caesar had gone against the Senate and led his army across the River Rubicon – where they come out and say; “Crossing the Rubicon”. It reached a point and Julius said ‘ Alea iacta est,’\" the"
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