To get his central message out there over hezbollah he said we see no acceptable difference between hezbollah having Political Representation within the the matrix of lebanese politics and hezbollah fighters and what they do on the ground when it comes to so many ongoing conflicts across the region across the broader middle east and to to listen very clearly naming countries like yemen countries like iran countries like syria lets put that all in context for you for you our correspondents in a harder following that News Conference out of beirut zina for you what was that the takeaway point there from both mr hariri and also mr tell us. Well there are a few points first and foremost that its clear that lebanon and israel law are not any closer to an agreement on the maritime border dispute that this really which has heightened tensions. The Prime Minister and the secretary of state saying that there will be further discussions we know that tillerson came here with a proposal a proposal which has been put on the table in the past and we do know that lebanon is not accepting this proposal because it involves giving up three hundred square kilometers of lebanons territorial waters so it still heighten tensions between these two countries and further work needs to be done we also heard tellers and say and making it very clear that the u. S. Position has not changed concerning a law saying im going to stop you there well come back to you when we can so ramaphosa the new South African president just about to talk to. The South African Parliament in cape town. Weve had him being. Sworn in weve had the your chief justice saying he wasnt used to seem. In the courtrooms that hes used to working in civil rights. Such a key parts of it in fight against apartheid lets just listen in to what the new South African president is saying thank you everyone for and you especially madam speaker for giving me this brief opportunity when i walked in i had occasion to go past to. The chief justice was there all being himself and as he emerged i saw him fully roped up. With having taken off his tie and suit jacket i looked at him and i said chief justice when this position of chief justice came up. I said like its to possibly by because of their opening its a position that i could have opted for but because of this role being business i thought no im not quite interested in it. But we had a bit of a conversation and and in the end i said well i seem to have taken on a much more difficulty ask and the chief justice laughed at me so much of justice is the real pleasure to have you here and thank you very much for having changed your program id like to thank all the members of this assembly i thank you for their own that you best go on me by electing me to this position i truly feel humbled to have been given this great privilege of being able to serve our people i also want to extend my gratitude to the leaders of Political Parties who are here as well as the media this for me is a truly humbling occasion soon once i am so on in i will no longer be a member of this house i will miss being a member but that does not bring this collegiate feeling that i have with all members here because i will. Be coming to this house on a regular basis to exercise my accountability as president of the republic to answer your questions and to interact with you and or a range of matters that affect the lives of our people. Thank you one of the things that i would be seeking to do is to have an opportunity which i started doing. When i was appointed Deputy President. Seek to work with all Political Parties. And were started off well started off with one thing to have a meeting with the leaders of all Political Parties so that we can try and find a way of working together and im heartened by some of the sentiments expressed here about working together which i will want to touch on. And i will do all this as a servant of our people because i do believe that when one is elected in this type of position you basically become a servant of the people of south africa and ill seek to execute that task with humility with faithfulness and with dignity as well that is what i will seek to do thank god like to thank all the parties that have spoken this is not a moment for me to speak because that moment will be accorded to me tomorrow i believe but listening to all the parties were expressed a whole lot of sentiments here it is almost like in our culture. When a young man come becomes a man you are given. Almost instructions. Chief. Why are you why are why was the order out how do we is now his name is what do go with the order it was some way to his unite is so so run a person whos not technically been sworn in South African president says that will happen in about ninety minutes or two hours from now. Telling us that when he is sworn in when he comes back to the chamber tomorrow for his official speech he will deliver on his duties in an atmosphere of humility faithfulness and dignity as well. About poetry or tism is spoken largely about how we can all Work Together to improve the lives of our people that has a great deal of resonance with i believe in and what i intend to do. Now very briefly and just responding to some of the good wishes of the advice that up received on there about my money. And his wonderful words and almost soils them by saying im going to see you in twenty nineteen. Now i think is running ahead of himself is running ahead of himself because other bit of my money im going to be seeing you regularly here in this house. On an ongoing basis so leave trying to nineteen aside let us deal with the current moment and Work Together on how were going to improve the lives of our people rather than grandstanding rather than standing on the cross thats all i want to say. Honorable seeing not like to thank you im sorry that. Honorable is not here. That his plane was to record back to today and im sorry about that. I would have i would have loved to to receive the good wishes from him as well the issues that you have raised issues that have to do with corruption issues of how we can straighten out our state owned enterprises and how we deal with state capture is issues that are on our radar screen those are issues that were going to be addressing and tomorrow we will also have an opportunity to outline some of the steps that we are going to be taking hon could be. I think you because you went to the heart of the matter by talking about pro to autism and how we can Work Together to put our Country First that is precisely what i was president of the republic would want to do south africa Must Come First in everything that we do. General. Who continues to call me his secretary general because when he was a member of the African National congress we called each other with wonderful india and i said general to him he continues to say secretarygeneral and i accept today and i agree with you that we should find ways of working together on issues as you said correctly of National Interests and. General ones out. Rugby is the words is out. There that already is a good sign of demonstrating that up across party lines we should have an opportunity of sitting together and it ing meet our world life to take you up on that. Honorable for never out. Yes i want to join you in saying that it would be wonderful if the level of debate in this house can be raised to a level where were really beginning to engage our National Issues without screaming at each other without you know. Your point of order on an ongoing basis and the disorder that has often defined what happens in this house. Yes i would want us to rise to that level and also and i agree that you would want a president who would respect not only this house but the members of this house i join you completely on that but i think the flipside of that coin also says that we should respect one another but in respecting one another it means that we are respecting this house that our people set up it means that we will be respecting our people so i would say that less underpin everything that we do here through a great sign of respect to our people because when our people look at this parliament they see themselves represented and they dont want to see disorder they dont want to see poor levels of debate they want to see debates that are going to lead to the improvement of their lives let us rise to the occasion. Reverend michel and i share history together and maybe its important that we should both confess now. We were at University Together and we both belong to the Student Christian Movement. The difference was is that i was his leader when we were members of the Student Christian Movement and he followed me and so its wonderful that we are both in this parliament representing our people yes reverend measure would pay heed to the advice that youre giving that we should choose a great team thats precisely what our people deserve to have a team that will work for their interests in the interest. Yes. And also that all of us it does not only be hope on the president but all of us should be able to work and lead our people with great courage and that is precisely what we want to seek to do. Deputy president of the i c s you were not i were both Deputy President s of our Organization Im sorry that you elect to be behind a little bit. But id like to welcome your very kind words. Where you say you will support the work that i will be doing and that you will give us much support to what we will all be doing collectively so i think you for that my dear is d p. Thank you very much. To the leader of the p. C. s this is not here to whom weve never thought that this was who what weve always said is that we are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis and since one thousand nine hundred ninety four weve done precisely that the lives of our people have been improving on an ongoing basis and the commitment that you will find on this side which commitment i would like you also to be part of is that all of us should continue to improve the lives of our people and take their lives to a higher level id like to end by thinking my common rejects and temple for your most wonderful words i thank you and im here as a result of the support that ive received from my organization the African National congress. The African National congress which continues to lead the nation no democratic revolution in our country to bring about change is what has hoot many of us here in this house and our intent is to continue indeed to improve the lives of our people and ladies and gentlemen members of this house. Of justice that is what i would like to see at this moment and thank you all for this great opportunity that ive been given and i will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of south africa i thank you very much. Cyril ramaphosa receiving a standing ovation from his supporters inside the Parliament Building the South African government building. He was talking about humility faithfulness and dignity he was saying the grandstanding is now not something that anyone should be indulging in as they move forward towards elections in twenty nineteen he said and he understands that the people of south africa want a president who respects the house and that means that they respect each other he said the big issues that we have to deal with he named them three of them and in the main corruption state capture thats a fancy way of saying peddling influence and also he will outline tomorrow the steps that he plans to take between now and the election to make sure that he can deliver on that he said the people of south africa want the tone of the debate within the South African Parliament basically to move in the right direction because if the debate is productive and genuine and its done in an atmosphere and in cocaine. An atmosphere of dignity the people of south africa will get a better life well hell face a range of challenges of course including high unemployment and widespread violence on the streets he will as weve been hearing face the people in just a year the elections are shuttled for next year to meet with more. Years the chief negotiator in the final days of jacob zuma as presidency Cyril Ramaphosa stam as acting president is a signal of change but celebrations by his supporters may be short lived as attention to to what comes next he was elected president of the ruling African National congress in december by a slim margin and will have to work to unite his divided party he will also have to repair the political and economic damage suffered under zuma and improve the partys image after years of allegations of corruption. Is a different kind of president to anything weve had before this is a modernist this is somebody hes a negotiator hes a rican ciliated as well but here is a man of very clear determined purpose he has stuck with jacob zuma for how many years sitting by zuma embarrassed the country embarrassed himself and thats. Going along with what had happened in south africa has given the impression that. I dont think he is. Let them up as a remain stinted by criticism over his involvement in american or killings in which police shot and killed thirty five striking miners six years ago as a board member of one of the Largest Mining Companies in south africa at the time and im opposed i was accused of being behind the governments decision to break the strike apologized saying he had stepped in to prevent further das as a politician turned businessman them opposing. The confidence of the Financial Sector under suma unemployment rose to currency and Investor Confidence weakened and the countrys Credit Rating went down the end his new leader said he plans to create jobs and has set an Economic Growth target of three percent for desir thats more than double the rate predicted by the International Monetary fund during the last election support for d. N. C. Fell to sixty two percent many hold the party of Nelson Mandela will be able to reverse this trend under did leadership of rome a poser. Ok lets pause for a second going to talk to me as well she joins us live here in the studio she is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution here in doha undoubtedly historic scenes we havent seen that kind of thing at all ever in South African politics when someone like him uses the word dignity is that a signal to the electorate or m. P. s it was even a dig at jacob zuma saying you werent dignified before well thats an astute question but im not sure its a dig at him even though you know its a good in that an analogy to make i think hes trying to be his own man i think is trying to give a speech you know that he crafted that will in this sense you know define hes you know hes future leadership and were going to see more of that more even ing with the state of the nation the grease i think with dignity hes hes showing that he acknowledges you know hes aware of the loss of faith in the in c. The fact that the ins hes been discredited by the widespread corruption in and certainly rome was not built in a day to really read the agency of this rock as you would turn his public correspondence aid you know will take time so i think the optimism is fantastic for him you know for a moment and one also thought of one thousand nine hundred four of mandelas election event but i think that the in c. Now really has its work and drama poser has its work cut out for it but when you talk about having his work cut out for him is there a sense in which perhaps hes the least worst option in as much as yes i mean people standing up cheering and singing in the parliament that makes Great Television headlines however there were people sitting with their arms crossed and kind of saying no im not celebrating this that much its a step in the right direction but im not going to chant and sing songs absolutely i think it is telling that you know the opposition members absolutely remain seated were not rejoicing i think that what that indicates is that you know the n. C. Would have to prove itself again that would really have to prove itself there was this. A question mark hanging over his integrity around the corner massacre of of two thousand and twelve because hes an enormously rich person and has had enormous influence so the question is whether hes been tainted at all during you know the last few years in terms of. The malays that afflicted im talking in very vague terms because hes not actually been convicted of anything you know hes not you know formally or officially been found to have been guilty of anything but in terms of how widespread the corruption was right we still need to see to see how hes going to clean things up and its interesting that he used the word accountability because we would want to see you know very quickly what hes going to do about the corruption charges against the president for example whether hes going to allow the National Prosecuting authority to truly act independently for example because that is been a you know a problem for many years that theres been no independent prosecutions of high level figures in there for example undoubtedly he is an astute political beast i mean one wanted to believe that he was speaking there in the last extemporaneously that he was making up as he went along no of course not hes