Chairperson, I want to tell Mr Sulliman that he can relax. He does not have to object to this motion. I move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) commends the admirable action of the Speaker of the National Assembly, Frene Ginwala, and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Naledi Pandor, who -
(a) chose the difficult route of summarily dismissing two parliamentary officials for corrupt practices, in the process overruling the recommendations of a disciplinary committee, which merely recommended demotion; (b) publicly confronted a member of Parliament for his abuse of travel privileges and bringing Parliament into disrepute;
(c) set a precedent for all public representatives on the value of keeping an independent mind on issues of general morality;
(d) imbued us with courage by their enforcement of appropriate steps of action; and
(e) reminded us again that the hallmark of leadership is the ability to take responsibility for one's decisions; and
(2) without detracting from the generality of the above, takes particular notice of the fact that this leadership was exercised by two women.