Hon Speaker, it is always better in politics to play the ball and not the man. That is not what we have seen today. The hon President is a very loyal party man. All decisions are taken jointly, whether by the national executive committee, the NEC, the national working committee, the NWC, or the top six. However, it was Mr Zuma who was elected by this House to become President. He is the President of the Republic and nobody else, and that places on him a number of serious responsibilities.
Section 83(b) of the Constitution instructs the President, as the President in his own right, to uphold, defend, and respect the Constitution. The President must do so and not the NEC or the top six in the ANC; he must do so.
This dictates that the President, regardless of party loyalties, should defend the nation and the Constitution under all circumstances. That is his responsibility. He should set the example and should be the first, for example, to reprimand Mr Malema in public for incitement to violence and advocacy of hatred. But he remained silent, and that was a mistake. Did the ANC not say, "Together, we can do more"? Yes. Who? The ANC only, or all South Africans? But, they allow Mr Malema to incite hatred and violence.
The FF Plus will support this motion of no confidence. However, the important point of today's debate is not the fact that this motion will be defeated by the majority - that's why you are the majority - but the fact that today's debate, this motion of no confidence, was brought by Cope and not the DA.
That is the real importance of today's debate, because we must understand in our politics that if a motion like this is ever to succeed in South Africa in future, it will be brought by a party like Cope, representing the majority at that stage, and not by the DA, with its progressive core. That is the reality of South Africa. Thank you, Chairperson. [Applause.]