15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I would want to also bring to the notice of the House that the section being proposed by the Hon. Member was not really part of the Bill that we were given to deal with. If you check Standing Order No. 133(5), it clearly indicates that we do not have to expand our mandate beyond what we were already given by the Bill. So, I refer you to that. Therefore, I think the proposal is null and void.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
But when you look at it clearly, it is an amendment that would have required subjecting to public participation and so on. However, the way it has been brought in is such that that has not been done.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Could Hon. Ichungw’ah explicitly explain, like the Leader of the Majority Party did, on what the amendment means to the changes he is proposing?
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Members, even though we have been here for a long time, we shall still be here. That would jump the gun. It will make the interim universities to jump over because of a law that we have passed. Maybe there were issues that they were supposed to satisfy before they are given that status.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
There were many universities operating behind shops. Some of them, yes, were big. But, during Matiang’i’s time, he tried to control pilfering of universities. What this law is almost doing is to give even those that did not mandate to execute certain authorities to execute. That is not good for law-making and ourselves.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, it is true that the Second Schedule was really premised on the earlier amendment. It is true it is getting defeated because the earlier one was defeated.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
Yes, I withdraw.
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15 Nov 2018 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Just give me a chance.
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