institutions  Appointment of the chairpersons and members of the independent commissions is done from recommendations given by the Judiciary Services Commission and the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders.  Section 12.4 (1) (a) guarantees the independence and impartiality of these commissions.  Section 12.4 (2) puts an obligation on all state institutions to cooperate with the commissions.  Section 12.5 requires the members of the commissions to be nonpartisan and not to belong to any political party.  Section 12.6 (2) secures the tenure of the members of the commissions by requiring an elaborate process of removal. However the same concerns raised around the process of removing the judges also apply in this case.  Through section 18.5, the draft empowers parliament to ensure that the executive the following should be noted;  The draft could have required that the members of the commission be removed from office after a finding to that effect by a resolution of a committee of the National Assembly, rather than a tribunal that the president sets up. This is a better way of securing the tenure of the members of the commission, something very critical for the independence of the commission.  A provision on the involvement of civil society in the appointment process could have been inserted as the case with South Africa. 23