Hon Speaker, I give Rev Meshoe's apologies. He couldn't be here due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your gracious response, hon Deputy President. I will pass the information on to the hon Rev Kenneth Meshoe.
The ACDP appreciates all efforts promoting ethical behaviour in government and society in general. Having had the opportunity to read your speech now, I have been inspired and encouraged. The following words of Dr Martin Luther King, which you began and ended your speech with, were particularly inspirational:
Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic?. ... But conscience asks the question: Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but because conscience tells one it is right. Thank you.