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    "content": "concepts, nomenclature, names and so on, will have to change so that we really give character to what is new to the very essence of devolution; in other words, giving power to the people. Those who were there in charge of administration cannot bear titles like chief or District Officer; no, I think they should have much more friendly, people oriented titles; like I have seen we are going to have ward administrators. This means you are administering something; you are a technical person and, therefore, you will look for elected people to discuss with them what you do. Therefore, in framing these new laws, these are some of the things that will have to be looked into; the character of the new political culture that must be encouraged in our system of government. Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the reasons why I really support this Motion is because good governance does not mean that you have too many laws; good governance means that you have good enough laws which are accessible to the people. Now, if you look at our system, it is intimidating enough to have all of them like this, but you are wondering whether each of them is necessary. So, in looking at all these laws which have come up over time just to terrorize people and just to make the state look mystified and mythical, the state is kind of venerated to be such a complicated instrument that its power must be hidden in so many laws which are inaccessible to people. Of course, that gives jobs to lawyers, definitely – I mean, I understand – but really, when you are coming to democratizing society, we must also democratize the legal system and make it accessible to the people. This is demonstrated very well; the other time I went to attend this Madaraka Day and, quite honestly, it was embarrassing because we have all kind of an array of officials. What embarrassed me was that in the front row to the right of the governor, there were all these people in uniform, kofias and everything else and the popularly elected people were sitting behind. In other words, the Provincial Administration has not been restructured so that these servants of the people should be sitting back, serving the people; and the people elected by the people should be sitting in front, representing the people. So, that is why I felt necessary that we, as Senators, should have come up with a law regulating even the character of national ceremonies to represent the new political culture that is participatory and democratic. With those few words, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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