Legislators are vindictive and have abused their authority

Chapter 6 of our Constitution on leadership and integrity stipulates that authority assigned to a state officer, such as an MP, is a public trust to be exercised in a manner that demonstrates respect for people and institutions, brings honour and dignity to the office, and promotes public confidence in the integrity of that office or organ.

That trust should also vest in the state officer ‘a responsibility to serve the people, rather than rule over them’. The Constitution also requires that these state officers, MPs included, exercise ‘objectivity and impartiality in decision making, and in ensuring that decisions are not influenced by improper motives’.