Speaker, Mr President, we put it to you that this process was poorly planned. Your announcement came as a surprise even to the Department of Correctional Services. You granted amnesty to prisoners who had not been rehabilitated or prepared to be reintegrated into the communities.
There are also prisoners in jail who should still be released. The result is that more than 100 of those granted amnesty have already been rearrested for a range of offences such as the rape of grannies, attempted murder, robbery, assault, kidnapping, stock theft, possession of drugs, possession of stolen goods and housebreaking.
Mr President, I'm asking you, can you safely, in front of that granny who got raped, say you're proud of releasing these prisoners who raped her? Can you safely say that in front of that granny? Thank you.