Except for one racist tabloid indiscretion by one Stephen Robinson of the British Daily Mail, among many media in the UK, this state visit was declared among the most successful state visits ever undertaken by a South African President. [Applause.]
In December last year, at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, our President, together with leaders from the United States, China, Brazil and India facilitated the Copenhagen Accord which has now been accepted by the African Union.
As I speak today, 18 March 2010, the President is currently facilitating the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe, and on his shoulders rest the hopes and aspirations of all Zimbabweans. [Applause.]
Our government today, under his leadership, has been restructured so that all Ministers are monitored on the basis of outcomes-based performance agreements.
Allow me, as I conclude, to borrow words of wisdom from the Holy Scriptures, and quote Matthew chapter 7:
Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbour's eye but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbour, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour's eye.
I'm highlighting this fact so that those who counsel us on the Good Book should know that much more is expected of them.
This motion by Cope has, therefore, the wrong target. It should be a motion of no confidence in the leadership of Cope. [Applause.]