THE discussions and debate on Charter change can now be considered an irritant. With all our problems in education, inflation and injustice, and more, changing the Constitution is not up there as a priority. Moreover, the only ones initiating seem to be legislators who give more than one reason for amendments to be made, from the economic provisions that need to be changed to attract foreign investments to loosening the term limits that are in place.

Worse, they want themselves to be the ones to amend as a so-called constituent assembly. Yes, that is one of the prescribed methods to change the Constitution, but the sentiment is clearly not for this legislature at this time to be the constituent assembly. There is much suspicion among the general public of a constituent assembly composed of the present crop of legislators.