President Cyril Ramaphosa has come under fire for presenting his office's budget plan without including any figures.
The MK party chief whip also asked why there is no parliamentary committee overseeing the Presidency.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has come under fire for presenting his office’s budget plan without including any figures.In the debate, African National Congress chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli dismissed suggestions that the government of national unity will collapse in a year’s time and called on MPs to support the Presidency’s budget.
“With the dissolution of the Department of Public Enterprises, state-owned companies will now fall under the Presidency, which means they will no longer be accountable to Parliament.during quarterly answer and question sessions, which are often marred by bias and lack of transparency,” the MK party chief whip said on Tuesday.The former judge pointed out that the State Capture Commission’s report had recommended a dedicated committee to hold the Presidency accountable.
“You also didn’t take into confidence as to how much has been budgeted in your office,” he told Ramaphosa.Although Hlophe noted the budget constraints across governmental departments, he said the MK party believed that funds should not be concentrated in the Presidency.
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