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"content": "Referendum protect the judiciary? If those three questions are in affirmative, then we start looking at other issues that can affect the common man in this Constitution. We can now address the question of human rights. A good Constitution must address human rights of its people. The rights of the people of a country are natural. They are Godâs endowment and they cannot be taken away. The first thing we look at in a Constitution is whether it is taking away the rights of its people. If any Constitution takes away the rights of its people, then the citizens of that country have the right to reject that kind of a Constitution. We must look critically at the Bill of Rights. At the same time, we must be very careful on the rights we give to our people. All over the world, rights are given. But some are really fundamental and mandatory, but some are aspiratory. If you go ahead and pass a Constitution where you give people mandatory rights where they are supposed to be inspirational, then that will precipitate chaos and it will be difficult to govern this country. We will have problems like the South African Government has today. They over-emphasized on these rights and gave rights that they could not deliver to their people. So, we must be very cautious of what we do today and know whether we can live with consequences. Yes, we can have a Constitution that is not perfect, but are ready to live with the consequences of that Constitution."
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