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    "content": "The following issues, that have been highlighted in this Motion and which I mention, are issues that today bring out the importance of either redress or improvement on the way the civil society is conducting its affairs. The question of integrity is covered here. It is very loud. If there is any chapter that people are talking about from the kindergarten all the way to universities, is Chapter Six of the Constitution on the need to have integrity benchmarked on leadership everywhere. The civil society organizations are playing a key role. We have seen many cases in court and many petitions before this House from the civil society asking that this matter be looked at differently or such an issue be reviewed. It is important that this question of integrity is anchored very strongly. We can say that there is accountability and there is vetting of money through the annual audits. But how many times do we hear of any NGO or a civil society organization for that matter, being arraigned in a court of law or an issue being raised by the NGO Co- ordination Act? There is some impunity that needs to be reigned upon. How many reports have been documented in this country and have been consumed in the public domain and have implicated private citizens and public officials? Reports done by NGOs which have no benchmark in law, but which implicate individuals adversely. It is important that integrity is anchored seriously and permanently, so that there is correspondence between- --"
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