The Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs is waiting for a report from the Parliamentary Budget and National Treasury on the upper limits and disclosure of donations by political parties and independent candidates. This follows a Western Cape High Court ruling that the Electoral Amendment Act's lack of these limits renders it invalid. The committee has resolved to further study the matter before making recommendations to the National Assembly.
THE Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs is awaiting a report from the Parliamentary Budget and the National Treasury on the upper limits for, and disclosure of, donations by political parties and independent candidates.
Prior to the amendment, the disclosure threshold was R100 000 per financial year and the upper limit of R15 million per financial year was for donations to political parties. “There are two issues emerging from the Electoral Act. There are changes in the formula of funding political parties and the consideration by Parliament to review the threshold and upper limits on donations.”“The committee has not yet deliberated and taken a decision around that matter. The committee took a decision to subject the motion for a further study.
“Finding the right balance, supported by facts between transparency and the needs of political parties to run their political affairs is behind the decision to subject the motion to further scrutiny,” he said. He also said they had agreed with the IEC they would not be receive the report until the court cases were finalised.
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