Parliament's function is not to remove but to restore. Parliament plays no role in the removal. Parliament acts independently in terms of its oversight function of the President in terms of section 55(2)(b) of the Constitution. He added that the provisions of subsection 12(6) (7) (8) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act are peremptory; in other words they are obligatory and they in fact protect the National Director Public Prosecution and the Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions from arbitrary removal by the President.