Mr Speaker and hon President ... ingxaki wena, mhlekazi, kulo rhulumente wakho kukuba nisuke nibe baninzi abantu abathetha into enye, kodwa niyitolike ngeendlela ezahlukenyeyo xa niphambi komboko, nikhuphe imiyalezo eyahlukeneyo. Kodwa ke, ndiza kubuza umbuzo oza kunceda khon'ukuze usicacisile sikwazi ukuyivala le nto namhlanje. (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[... a problem in your government, sir, is that there are a lot of you who would be saying the same thing but interpret it differently when you are at the podium, and in doing so convey different messages. However, I will ask you a question that will help you clarify for us so that we can be able to conclude this today.]
You were quoted in the media as having said that the primary purpose of assessing the work of the Constitutional Court was to review its powers. However, later on, government issued a statement purporting to explain your media pronouncements in that the primary purpose of this exercise was to conduct an assessment of the judgments of the Constitutional Court. Could you take the nation into you confidence, sir, by explaining what prompted this exercise in the first instance and also clarify which of the aforementioned the government intends doing?
Khawucacise ngoba ngoku siyavumisa, Nxamalala, asisaboni kakuhle. [Please, Nxamalala, give us explanations because we are relying on assumptions now and we are not satisfied.]