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    "content": "thinking at that time was we were so divided and we had a coalition Government. Many decisions that were being made were political. Many Bills that came to Parliament that time were brought so that there was a blurring in terms of separation of powers. We needed negotiations and agreements, and most of the work that was done then, was done by Parliament because we were making more political decisions to move the country forward. There no longer obtained a reason for us to have the structure as obtained then because we needed it at that time to heal the country. We needed it at that time for political agreement because there was a lot of suspicion among different groups. It was agreed that any decision that was being made in terms of appointments could only be made by Parliament where all the political players were. That time, because of the kind of Parliament we had - every key political leader sat in Parliament - most of the decisions were made within Parliament. Therefore, I agree with the Committee that it is actually time that we separated that role so that Parliament cannot perform the executive plus legislative roles and that our roles then become oversight."
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