Thank you, Madam.
So, I say, again, that on that point we will not support this Vote.
Thirdly, with regard to the owners of the Goodman Gallery, their rights were violated. The Office of the President did not defend them, again violating the oath of office. Where is the commitment that was made that "I will defend the rights of everybody", when the rights of these individuals are violated in this way? And we must consider that it is a serious issue for an oath of office to be violated in this way.
The fourth point I want to make is that the matter was placed before the judiciary of our nation. Part of the defence of the Constitution is that the highest office has taken an oath to defend the Constitution, including the judiciary. Whilst the judiciary was busy considering the matter, the Ministers - the executive, which is presided over by the President - in the person of hon Minister Blade Nzimande and in the person of hon Minister Mashatile were seen over time mobilising numbers of people to intimidate and to demand behaviour that went ahead of the outcome of the court process. And yet we did not hear a word from the President, saying to our nation, saying to those who follow him and who work under him: "It is wrong for you to undermine the judiciary of our nation." [Interjections.]
This is a violation of the oath of office ... [Applause.] ... and the President gave us a commitment when he took the oath of office that he would defend the rights of all of us, and yet this is what we have seen. To this day we are dying to hear whether anything will happen. The secretary- general of the ruling party is now leading groups of young people on the streets of our nation, calling himself a general, demanding apologies from citizens who have done nothing but exercised their constitutionally enshrined rights, and yet we have not heard a word from the executive.