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"The security situation was volatile and scary because security forces were deployed around the parliament with the intention to intimidate the members of parliament to not vote against the extension of the term of the governor because it is not in the interest of the public."
"The reasons for rejections are many but the four main reasons are due to grave violation of the constitution which everyone is obliged to protect. One major violation of the constitution is that the members of parliament were forced to stand up and be counted, which is contrary to parliamentary rules and regulations."
"Nobody was forced to stand up and forced to vote. There are two ways of voting mechanism in the house. There is show of hands and secret voting. The majority opted for show of hands and so the house accepted because we are a democratic country. When it came to voting, majority got up again and they were counted,”"
"All of us are new faces in the committee. The current chairperson of the committee was heading different committee in the last two years. He was the chairperson for security and public order."
"We in Warrap recognize strengths of the women in the society. This was why we elected first woman governor.”"