{"id":997179,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/997179/?format=json","text_counter":129,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"If that is not what actually transpired in the composition of the current committees, it is said that two wrongs do not make a right. As leaders, we ought to correct the wrongs whenever we encounter them. To this end, it is apparent that no parliamentary party may discharge a Member, unless the Member belongs to or formally affiliates with the parliamentary party, by way of a coalition agreement, as contemplated under the Political Parties Act. This is because the exercise of the discharge powers under Standing Order No.176 ought to be exercised by a parliamentary party only on Members belonging to that party."}