Hon Speaker, I wish to say to the Deputy President that my anxiety is not relieved. We all know that his holiday has caused a political war within the Presidency. [Interjections.] The Deputy President's spokesperson, Thabo Masebe, tells us that the holiday was above board because it complied with the rules contained in a secret presidential handbook. However, the President's spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, implies that the holiday was not above board because there is, in fact, no secret presidential handbook.
Will the hon Deputy President therefore assist us and tell us whether the President's spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, lied when he claimed that there is no secret presidential handbook? I say this because, if he did not lie, then we must assume that the Deputy President's spokesperson, and by extension, the Deputy President, himself, lied about the secret presidential handbook. [Interjections.]