Speaker, thank you very much and I am sorry for wasting your time. I had raised my hand before the President took to the podium but when I realised that you did not see me or pick up my hand, I decided to put it down.
Mine was to really request that I make an appeal to the House about precisely a matter that concerns us greatly as a party concerning what happened during the state of the nation debate. Following reviews of the young people on the state of the nation debate on the platforms and channels that they use, one discovered that they could remember the insults and not the substance of our inputs here in the House.
My concern, and our concern as a party, is that we are inculcating a culture of intolerance which at some point is going to lead to political instability. We have to exercise better leadership! We have to try and change our ways of behaving in the House because we have clearly taken a wrong turn.
My words, ladies and gentlemen, are not in judgement of your actions; they serve just as a mere caution! We have to change course before it is too late because we all have the responsibility to build a South Africa in which all of us look forward to - the sunrise of our tomorrow! I thank you. [Applause.]