Impeached Western Cape Judge President, John Hlophe is the designated leader for the uMmkhonto weSizwe Party in Parliament. Hlophe has confirmed to SABC News that he will be leading the country's third largest party in the National Assembly. However, the 58 MK members who were scheduled to be sworn in, in the  National Assembly's first sitting last Friday did not attend. This sitting saw the election of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and the President. The 58 seats allocated to the MK party remain theirs. Hlophe's confirmation that he will lead the party in the National Legislature could signal the imminent swearing in of MK party members.