Excuse me, Madam, but do you really think that you will attain your objective, namely meeting needs, by silencing women and women's groups? You won't know what these needs are because you will have prevented women from speaking out. How do you expect to achieve your objectives under these circumstances? The past is no guarantee of the future. We need to look not only at what's happened in the past, but at what's happening right now. If women can no longer make demands, then do you really think you can meet your objectives. I don't think that will be possible.
Women must continue to have an opportunity to voice their demands, whether it involves their lives, the quality of their lives, their health, education, or all of the areas in which they are now represented. If they are unable to do that, then their needs will not be adequately met. Past needs may be met, but not present and future ones.