The numerous references to terms such as "co-operation", "synergy" and "complementing the executive" in fact reveal the true intention of the government in conducting this study. There is one arm of state that the ANC does not control and that is the courts.
The governing party resents the fact that there is a legitimate check on their power and the only way that they can be free to continue plundering what is left of our country's resources and protect the friends of the dominant faction of the governing party is to ensure that the courts are not able to act independently.
The justice system is the vanguard of our constitutional democracy. The Minister's role in jealously guarding it is pivotal. Minister, if you are a constitutionalist, as my colleague believes, it is time to show it quickly and decisively by upholding both the letter and the spirit of the Constitution before we lose all the gains we have made since 1994. [Applause.]