Deputy Speaker, let me first start by saying that I am aligning myself with what the Minister has said. [Interjections.] We have a charter and it is the Freedom Charter. The Freedom Charter states that all shall be equal before the law, and no one - no one - is above the law. [Interjections.] That is exactly what the Minister is saying here today. He has been guided by the Freedom Charter and not by anything else, not by an agenda or by any other thing.
Minister, we as a portfolio committee, as a study group, will support you in that. [Interjections.] [Applause.] You see, when we say that nobody is above the law, we mean it. We are saying that if Tony Yengeni has contravened his parole regulations and privileges, he must be punished. That is what we are saying, and not what you are saying.
The Minister is saying that he is going to wait for a report - we are not judges here - to say yes or no as to whether he is guilty. We are saying, "Let us wait for the parole board to finish their work." Mr Selfe was part and parcel of appointing ...