Madam Deputy Speaker, developments around this Bill illustrate an interesting characteristic of democracy, namely it offers the best system of government, but it is not, by any measure, a perfect one as it is at the same time wide open to abuse. The Constitutional Court's decision declaring the twelfth amendment inconsistent with the Constitution was treated as a procedural nuisance.
The National Alliance believes that section 118 of the Constitution is not serving its purpose of allowing the law-making process to be sensitive to the will of the people. Democracy is not just a numbers game but a system of fairness to all people. Clearly, it is not so in this case.
Notwithstanding the weakness in the democratic process, the NA will support the Bill as all technicalities have been satisfied. I thank you.