Johnson Arthur Sakaja

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4831 to 4840 of 5036.

• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I will let the Chair speak because she has already noted down the text. She will just explain the concurrence then I shall move the amendment. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Whereas I understand and appreciate the argument of hon. Gumbo totally deleting this provision negates my earlier plea where we said that there still needs to be accountability or rather an interaction by the candidate and the political party on expenditure due to the fact that the consequences therein will relate to both the candidate and the political party. Given the fact that within the Elections Act, you actually have a mandatory 45 days between nomination and the actual election, there is a minimum of 45 days--- I propose that instead of totally ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to propose a further amendment by deleting the word “seven” between the words “within and days” and substituting with the words “twenty one”. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think we can have concurrence. This is because when he was prosecuting his amendment his main issue was that seven days were too close to the nomination. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I understand you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if you look at the second provision of the final report, you will find that it is three months after the elections. So, if that Report comes after the elections, really there would be no benefit apart from accountability for the actual candidate and the political party. That interaction would not be there before the election where there can be interventions from the political party on candidates who might be having compliance issues which might lead even to disqualification. So, it is very important to maintain that interaction between the candidate and the party before ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, let me explain the implication because I am willing to drop it if the Members are not interested in it. This law, as it is being passed, already has certain obligations you must fulfill in respect to financing as a candidate, whether it is limits or the sources of your funding. Already, it was providing that you do a preliminary report within seven days, which is impractical, we are saying that within 21 days, you do your report to the party and the party can look at your report. view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am asking hon. Zuleikha to just listen because we can drop the amendment. The party can look at your expenditure report before the election, tell you that you are verging on disqualification because of this and this, ask you to change certain things or to address certain issues. So, it is to help the candidate to comply with the law. Failure to do this, there will be a report given to the Commission. This law will obligate you, as a candidate to still give a report. We have had no one, in the intervening ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I will put it because the Members can understand what I am saying. I would like the decision to be theirs. The reason I am bringing this is to allow you, before the date of the election, to make sure that your expenditure report, which will still end up with the Commission, complies with the law. You can be nullified or disqualified. Issues of your own party’s capacity, you can deal with in your parties and I promise the Members of the TNA that we will deal with that issue of capacity. You will still ... view