Hon House Chair, hon Minister, hon Deputy Minister, hon MECs, hon members, the MEC for social development in the Western Cape stood up here and blamed national government for not helping with delivering service - but in the Western Cape the DA is in charge. They are in power. Now, the MEC and his counterpart, the MEC for community safety, go to communities and all they do is say, "Let's march, march, march. And march and march and march." [Interjections.] That is all they know in the DA now - march, march, march! They are in power. They have the resources. They have the utilities and resources to stop and help, but they go out to communities and say, "Let's march, march, march and march." They do not act. Today's theme is "Don't Look Away, Act Against Abuse". When are they going to act against abuse?
The MEC for community safety wants to fight with the Police Commissioner about power when the Constitution of South Africa says that the Police Commissioner deploys police and he controls the police - not the MEC for community safety. They want to negotiate with gangsters. They do not want to act, but they want to negotiate. We say, negotiate? You cannot negotiate with a gangster! The ANC says, "Act, act, act!" That is what the ANC says. The ANC says that criminals should be locked up. Criminals should be charged. You cannot go out there and negotiate ...