Thank you, Mr Speaker. We object on two grounds. Firstly, we object to the practice of replacing and amending a Rule of our National Assembly Rules for the entire term of Parliament without due process, because in that way we can very well amend all the Rules.
Secondly, the Rules give equal time to each political party and this amendment moved, is contrary to the prescription of the Constitution to protect minorities and give equitable time rather than proportional time to minorities. By reducing the three minutes which each political party has in terms of the Constitution to one minute, really eliminates the opportunity of meaningful debate on significant aspects of these proceedings. Thank you.