institution and his appointment was later found to have been invalid by the Constitutional Court. However, the ANC members said that the advocate had a very good interview and I appreciate that I did not have the benefit of participating in that one interview due to other duties, however, it should be remembered that Advocate Mkhwebane also had a very good interview for the position of Public Protector and many of us were persuaded by the ANC to support her. We have learnt a hard lesson to be far more cautious - once bitten, twice shy.
There were a number of candidates who immensely impressed me personally during the interviews, including Advocate Moshoeshoe Toba. The person to be appointed to this position is and must be above all reproach - he must be a fitting proper person; a person of the highest integrity. In view of the fact that there are in our opinion far better candidates for the position, we would not be supporting this nomination. I thank you.