Speaker, we thank the hon Deputy President for his response but we have to say that we regret the delay in the processing of this amending Bill. This goes to the heart of our constitutional foundation and founding principles, which is to establish an accountable and responsive government.
Last August, we heard that this process was under way and we are now happy to know that the Deputy President reported that it was tabled and adopted by Cabinet. As we all know, we are moving towards an election and after the elections there will, in all probability, be a new Cabinet which will then want to review it. The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development has certainly not moved on this, for four years now, since the tabling of the Public Protector report, and that is simply not good enough. Her report was tabled in 2010. She identified the weakness and also said that the gap should be closed for executive members.
Speaker, until the political leadership of our country demonstrates zero tolerance to corruption, poor communities in our country will continue to suffer and South Africa will continue to go down on the corruption barometer, in the eyes of the international community. I thank you.