Speaker, one wonders about these types of questions and obviously one needs to get a type of platitude answer the question deserves. If we move away from the platitude, Mr Deputy President, the question I want to put to you is about the culture of democracy. We know what the Constitution states, we know the basics of constitutionalism, as we should, but how do we promote the culture of constitutionalism?
How do we prevent the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development from issuing a discussion document in which he has an executive policy that speaks about judicial restraints, which is a shock to anyone who understands constitutionalism? How do we prevent the same Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development from discussing a scorecard on the activities of the Constitutional Court, because that is what it actually means? How do we prevent this type of constitutional deviation in the mindset when even the President here thinks we can talk about a media tribunal? How do we deal with issues like the banning of the Dalai Lama? Somebody is chirping in the background.
How do we justify the fact that tomorrow morning the Speaker and I will be locked in a courtroom and the Speaker and I, through a contingent of three lawyers flown in from Johannesburg, have to restate the right of Members of Parliament here to introduce legislation which each and every democratic Parliament has and which our Constitution gives and which our Rules have taken away?
There is a huge gap between the Constitution and the constitutional mindset, which has not developed. How do we bridge that, Mr Deputy President?