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    "content": "– are people who have no character, but they end up holding public office. This is my personal opinion. We enjoy the theatre of the absurd and, eventually, they are not able to deliver to the great people of this Republic. We must put this to an end. This can only be stopped if we reinstate the provisions of Chapter Six of the Constitution. The law must not be interpreted to suit the whims of certain individuals simply because they enjoy political support at any given point and time. In any case, that is fleeting because it goes; today the support is there and tomorrow it is not there. We must have a country where every person, from the lowest to the President, can be held accountable, as the case is in South Korea and other jurisdictions, where even presidents are recalled. Madam Temporary Speaker, this debate is very revealing and it calls for us to do a lot of soul searching. If we continue like this, we will not have a country to bequeath our future generations. Sometimes we feel like we have failed as a generation. I want to imagine that we have to rise to the occasion as Senators and Members of this august House to play our role. We have the opportunity to provide leadership. Given an opportunity we can do it, for leadership almost invariably has capacity to transform society. Madam Temporary Speaker, let me end with two quotes. One is from a gentleman called Abdul Kareem Kalam who says: “If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.” Fathers must play their role. The problem of corruption can be traced way back to the role of absent fathers in our societies. Men have failed to conduct their role as heads of families. Mothers have failed to nurture good morals in their children and teachers have decided to do small businesses, so that they can be respected in the villages, rather than bringing up our children in the right morals. In Sunday School I used to read the Bible together with other children. At that time, it was fashionable to quote the Bible because it was like a memory verse. One day I was asked to give a Bible verse and I gave Proverbs 14:34. However, I did not really understand what it meant. It says: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” It is only now that it makes sense to me as a legislator. The word ‘righteousness’ comes from the word ‘right.’ If we can do things right, then our nation shall be exalted. However, if we continue to primitively accumulate and floss around of how good we are, certainly, this country will not survive. Therefore, this Motion is timely. Thank you very much to everybody who supported. I believe that the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights is seized of the matter as committed by the Chair and that we shall have stakeholders coming to present concrete ideas on how all of us can slay this dragon of corruption. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move."
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