Hon Speaker, hon Deputy President, the ACDP agrees with the stance of the AU not to support military coup d'etats on the continent nor the military governments set up as a result, as seen in Egypt. Yes, the ACDP also joins the voices of reason throughout the world and condemns the killing of some 900 civilians in the military take-over in Egypt. In the same vein, Deputy President, the ACDP condemns the violence against Christians in Egypt, allegedly at the hands of the members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who are said to have killed innocent Christians and destroyed and burned down churches and Christian businesses.
The question to the Deputy President is what intervention the South African government has made or proposed, diplomatically, to halt the killing of citizens, both Muslim and Christian, and to prevent the destruction of property, whether they belong to Christians or Muslims, in Egypt?