Van Hool Islands wrote:"Madame Speaker, the facts are clear. My colleagues who are in opposition of this bill are ignoring the fact that this country's citizens deserve to choose who leads their country. I personally believe that we shouldn't be run by a bunch of old people who are halfway across the world. We're but a tiny spec of dust in their eyes. But, if that's what this country's citizens want, then so be it. The point of a referendum is not to switch to a republic. The point of a referendum is to give our citizens a voice. Do the members not think the country's citizens deserve a voice? If the members are tired of politics, perhaps they shouldn't have become politicians."
"Point of Order, Madam Speaker, referring to any sovereign ruler as "a bunch of old people," much less the sovereign of this country, is extremely disrespectful. I call for the Speaker to censure these awful words. The opposition is showing its true colours, Madam Speaker, and I am afraid for the future of this country. The Leader of the Opposition is unfit to be a member of this house, much less this nation."
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