Deputy Speaker, I have said that member countries, starting with South Africa, have acceded to the treaty and have all acknowledged - the acknowledgement was made and confirmed by the Ministers of justice and our attorneys-general - that there are challenges within this tribunal, particularly on issues of enforceability. Enforceability is one of the key problems, particularly enforceability of the judgments taken by the tribunal itself.
Now, Zimbabwe has withdrawn from the tribunal and they were not even part of the meeting of April 2010 to which I have referred. Even the member countries that want to continue with the tribunal and strengthen it, have themselves said: Give us time to strengthen this institution.
How do we then turn around - even before we get the full review report of the Ministers and the attorneys-general of all our member states, 14 of them - and say, "No, let's first deal with Zimbabwe and their cherry- picking", when we ourselves are still waiting for the report that will come out of the review process of the Ministers of justice and attorneys- general?
I think we should also not cherry-pick; we should wait for the outcome of the review process so that we can duly deal with this matter accordingly. [Applause.]
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