Implementation will make up the bulk of committee work. The Speaker said it is time to look at the whole process of integrating legislation, the resources required to do so and the effectiveness of the committee system in achieving this end. Finally, the Speaker said the President will be coming to Parliament four times annually, rather than three. Three was not enough. The Committee functions of implementation and oversight seem to have been given greater emphasis.
Tension is healthy.
We have a developing constitution that is quite a complicated one. The Legislative and Executive have to work on their relationship. Oversight does not have to mean confrontation. If we begin with suspicious assumption that the Executive is against the Constitution, confrontation may result. We should work from the premise that the Executive is trying to enforce the Constitution.