Sir, may I just place on record that I had, in fact, put this question, in the first place, to the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, and it is as a result of the intercession of the Questions Office that it went to this hon Minister. I personally would be delighted to debate this matter with my very good friend, the hon Ngoako Ramatlhodi.
It is not enough, hon Minister, to say that he was exercising his rights to free speech and giving his own political view. He is, as all of us are, sworn to uphold the Constitution of this country. He is, moreover, under section 92 - as are you, hon Minister - under an obligation to act in terms of the Constitution.
The question therefore is whether the hon Minister is harbouring an anti- constitutionalist in her Ministry. This is a very serious matter, because what the hon Ramatlhodi argues is that our Constitution, as negotiated, emigrates power away from the executive and the legislature, and towards the courts, and that the old order has built a fortified line in the courts.