Madam Speaker, the DA's manifesto, which we released last week, outlines a plan for a DA government which will see an end to the cronyism that allows the ruling party officials to plunder the public purse. [Interjections.]
Under a DA government, no one who has been convicted on any charge of corruption, theft or fraud will ever be entitled to hold public office - unlike that side. At the same time, we have proposed a package of carefully costed and mutually reinforcing policies that set out practical steps to attain our vision of an open-opportunity society for all.
Our manifesto addresses our top five policy priorities, which include: reducing poverty; improving the quality of education and health care; fighting crime and corruption, including, last but not least, protecting and defending the Constitution.
All these policies are directed at ensuring that every single South African, no matter what the circumstances of their birth, has the chance to use his or her talents and follow his or her dreams - unlike that side, where people are marginalised. I thank you.