Hon Speaker, well, I think I have already answered the first part of the question. With regard to the second part that relates to the resolution of the United Nations Security Council, Resolution 1973, all countries who are members of the United Nations Security Council - three of them from the continent of Africa - voted together. That resolution was co-sponsored by the Arab League, to which Libya belonged as well.
The resolution was very clear. The resolution did not say that Nato must bomb Libya. That is not the resolution. If the hon member has not seen the resolution itself, he must help himself by reading it. [Applause.]
After Goddafi'air force had attacked innocent protesters, the UN Security Council met and took a resolution to protect the airspace. That is what the resolution says. What has happened is that some countries have abused that resolution - and we have said this on countless occasions - including the Arab League which has disassociated itself from those actions, much as they co-sponsored that resolution, because the resolution has been abused. That's the reality.
Therefore, for South Africa, there is nothing to explain to anyone. Our position is very clear and we have articulated it. We have criticised the Nato forces - and those who have abused the resolution - in public. For the hon member to be able to ask the question properly, he must listen to all sides. He must not listen to one side. He heard us taking a resolution, but he has not heard us criticising it. That's quite strange because we have been saying it quite openly. So our position is clear; it does not need to be clarified to anyone. Everybody in the world is clear on where South Africa stands. Thank you, hon Speaker. [Applause.]
Amendment of scope of Executive Members' Ethics Act
9. The Leader of the Opposition (DA) asked the President of the Republic:
Whether, with reference to the Presidency welcoming a debate on the current legislative mechanisms for oversight over the executive, this will include amendments to the Executive Members' Ethics Act, Act 82 of 1998, to include disclosure of government deals involving all family members of the executive; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO2969E