Speaker and, indeed, Mr President, you are here now. Against that background, as you referred to adequate safeguards, one of the safeguards in the law and the Constitution is the power of this august body to exercise oversight. I say this because I have asked the Minister of State Security whether the telephones, computers and other means of communication of any of the members of this House are being intercepted.
I was not allowed to ask the question by the parliamentary officers. After one year of struggle, that question has not yet been put to your Minister.
You are the President, and the entire executive authority is vested in you, so I would like to ask you today whether it is an acceptable policy for your government to intercept the communication of any of the members of the House. Can you give a guarantee to all of us that none of our computers, none of our telephones and none of our communications are the subject of interference, interception or surveillance to determine what we do, what we think and how we conduct our politics? Thank you, Mr President. [Applause.]