The Ad Hoc Committee to Nominate a Person for Appointment as Public Protector was established on 25 June 2009. The Committee held its first meeting on 25 August 2009. The Committee noted that more than half of the nominations / applications received did not meet the basic requirements as laid down in the Public Protector Act, 23 of 1994. The Committee further noted that the advertised deadline of 8 May 2009 for the submission of nominations coincided with the recent national and provincial elections. The Committee decided to extend the deadline for nomination to 4 September 2009.