Hon Chairperson, I hereby move the motion as printed on the Order Paper:
That the Council -
1) elects the following Members to represent Parliament in the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum in terms of article 6(3) of the Constitution of the Forum:
a) Ms T R Modise (Speaker of the National Assembly);
b) Mr D L Moela (ANC);
c) Mr T B Matibe (ANC);
d) Mr D Bergman (DA);
e) Ms H O Mkhaliphi (EFF); and
f) Chairperson of the Multiparty Women's Caucus.
Chair, on a point of order: I want to amend the Second Motion as follows:
That the Council designates the following Members to represent Parliament because we cannot elect Mr D Bergman because he is a member of the National Assembly and not the NCOP.
I guess the difficulty that we have is that the objection that has been raised - not unless I didn't hear properly - relates to a member of the National Assembly. What we need to do is to overcome that by addressing the entire list and finding a way, maybe through the political party concern, to raise the issue in the National Assembly.
Order, please! The issue is not that. The issue is that it reads: "That the Council elects." We cannot elect a member who is not here. But if you refer to the First Motion, we said "the Council designates the following" where there were National Assembly members included. Therefore, my proposal is just to amend the motion by deleting the word 'elects' and putting in 'designates'. We can then vote on it.
Hon Chairperson, the DA is making a proposal to amend this motion. Therefore, I would suggest that we check with other provinces whether they support the motion. If it is supported, then it will be carried, but if not, it will fall off.
Chairperson, the proposal as is doesn't talk about names as explained, but it is more about amending the wording so that it is consistent with the one that we dealt with before. The first one talks about 'designates' and the second one talks about 'election'. Therefore, it is just to amend the wording in that fashion and not necessarily to amend the motion as it were.
Chair, I do agree. This is not a matter which can divide the House. The Table staff has the responsibility to advise on procedural matters like this. Thank you.
If there is no objection to the removal of the word 'elect' and the replacement with 'designates', the following Members to represent Parliament in the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum in terms of article 6(3) of the Constitution of the Forum and the names indicated, we should then proceed to put the motion before the House.
Question put: That the motion be agreed to.
Voting
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.