00:00Don't come and tell us what we had in our manifesto.
00:03Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, David Naked, in the Senate,
00:07in an apparent response to the opposition's recollection that during the 2025 general election campaign,
00:13the UNC promised to not only remove the demerit points system, but to reduce traffic fines.
00:19A manifesto is a guy.
00:21But when you come into office and you realize what these people on that side left the country,
00:27in the state they have left the country in, I applaud any leader, especially our Prime Minister,
00:34to say, you know what, we have to change direction here.
00:37We cannot continue like they have to kick the civility can down the road,
00:41to kick the accountability can down the road, to kick the value of life can down the road.
00:46Senator Naked was contributing to the Senate's debate on proposed new amendments
00:50to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act to allow for warning periods of three days for most of
00:56and seven days for some of several minor vehicle defects,
01:00while the recently increased fines remain in effect.
01:04The first thing you bring up, oh, you're targeting certain people.
01:07You're targeting certain people.
01:08When you check, a man going 140-something miles an hour.
01:13If you look down one of the families, what do you say?
01:15The Senate continued with its debate of the amendments to the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act
01:20before it was due to begin its debate for the Bill for the Zone of Special Operations
01:26later during its proceedings.
01:29Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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