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    "content": "being seen by other people when he or she is taking a bribe. Police officers are some of the richest members of the society because of the money that they are given by PSV drivers. Something must be done about this. We must change the attitude of both the police and the PSV drivers. If we do not do that, we will have these accidents every other day. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if it was a train that had killed 56 people, we can understand. However, we are now talking of a bus just because the driver chose to be careless. The driver does not know that, that vehicle can kill him. He thinks that it can only kill the passengers. That is why I insist that they must be trained. The training should put emphasis on the attitude of the drivers. That training should also be extended to police officers. The time has come when police officers who are found to be corrupt should be dismissed from the service. Politicians should not be seen to be protecting them just because they are their brothers or they come from the same locality. This is what is causing the kind of deaths that we are now experiencing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are some notorious roads where people are dying. Every month, we hear that nine or 10 people have died; we attend the burials, talk about it and condemn the drivers and the police. However, after another one month, people forget that such accidents happened; and the drivers continue behaving as if nothing has happened and people continue to die. We should, therefore, take this matter very seriously. The Inspector General (IG) of Police should take responsibility from now on. I do not think this is a matter that we should continue talking about in this House. If the IG of police is not responsible, the country should then employ a responsible IG who would know the manner of recruitment and how they are going to pick people who are responsible to take care of the vehicles on our roads. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we should also ensure that there is some thorough interview before drivers are employed. Our government should supervise the interviews so that we are assured that those drivers who--- Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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