Well, thank you, hon Speaker. I think the hon member must not confuse himself and then claim that he has been confused by other people. [Applause.] The three arms of government have very clear, distinct functions. They are very clear, and they must be respected. The function of this Parliament is to legislate and conduct oversight. Correct? Yes, he is nodding. That is its job.
Whilst it is the arm that makes the laws, it does not interpret the laws. That is the duty of the judiciary - which must even check whether this arm has all the necessary constitutional understanding in making the law in terms of whether they are infringing on the Constitution. Is your law constitutional? That is the job of the judiciary. The executive must run the country; that is its duty. In the process of all of this, these different arms respect one another. They work together. They must co- ordinate this, because they belong to one and the same state.
That's why it is not the duty of the judiciary to review itself. It could do so if it wanted to, but other arms have the duty to do so. That is why this Parliament has amended the Constitution 16 times. Dealing with matters of the Constitution is the duty of other arms as well. The executive implements the Constitution as well.
So, what we are saying is that if there are things that are done or decisions taken or, you could emerge as Parliament and feel that there are things you believe that need to be looked at, the judiciary could send back a law and ask for it to be looked at again. It is not imposing it on you; it is exercising its duty. That is why we have the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review here. We are not imposing on - or trying to change - the Constitution. We are doing our duty.
What we are saying is that in the process of governance, we have to come to a point at which we say: Let us look at this again. Is it moving properly? This should be done particularly if you are emerging from a system like the one we came from, in terms of which we still have to try to get rid of the remnants of some of the negative things that were there. That is the point we are making. [Applause.]
We don't intend sitting every day with the intent to change the Constitution; not at all. We would have done so, if we wanted to. We have a large enough majority to do so; absolutely. [Interjections.] We would. [Interjections.] I'm telling you.