Hon President, you and your executive have a chequered record of tardy disclosure with regard to the Executive Members' Ethics Act. It has become commonplace to hear of people who are related or closely linked to members of the executive and, indeed, yourself, securing lucrative state tenders.
The DA recognises the constitutional rights of all citizens in South Africa, whether related to you or any member of your executive or not. Far be it from us to wish to prejudice those who are related or linked to you and your executive from conducting legitimate business endeavours with any arm of government. What we seek to do, should they secure such state contracts, is to ensure that their achievements are not considered with scepticism and suspicion by the public, because this scepticism is inevitably aimed at you and those who are in positions of executive office.
Mr President, would you support our appeal that any state contracts awarded to family members of the executive and yourself be subjected to specific scrutiny by the Auditor-General to ensure that such contracts meet every prescript of the supply-chain management procurement process in order to guarantee that no contesting tenderer is given the inside track by virtue of their familial or narrow acquaintance relationship with you or any member of your executive? I thank you. [Applause.]