The Constitutional Court also set aside the suspension of Mr McBride, but suspended its operation for 30 days to allow Parliament and the Minister to decide on the disciplinary steps against Mr McBride. Subsequent to the Constitutional Court ruling, the Minister of Police (the "Minister) addressed a letter on 7 September 2016 to the Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly (the "Speaker), requesting her to constitute a committee of the National Assembly or to authorise the Portfolio Committee on Police to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Mr Robert McBride on grounds of misconduct in terms of section 6(6) of the IPID Act 1 of 2011 as amended by the Constitutional Court order in the matter of Mc Bride vs Minister of Police and Another [2016] ZACC 30.