Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes the increasing disregard that many Ministers have for Parliament and in particular their unwillingness to account to Parliament as envisaged in the Constitution;
2) further notes the continued extent to which the executive is denuding Parliament of its real status and power in its daily interaction with the two Houses of Parliament; and
3) recognises the urgent necessity for restoring to the legislature its full authority so that Parliament can indeed remain a true watchdog over the activities of the executive and not become its tame lapdog.