A Future Perspective on Constitutional Stability

Abstract

The 2^nd of February next year will be the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the transformation process that led to the establishment of our present non-racial constitutional democracy.  The previous year when I had addressed the National Party caucus after my unexpected election as leader of the party, I stressed the need to take a quantum leap to break out of the political and economic dead-end street in which we found ourselves.  The overwhelming reaction was "jump FW, jump!".