Parliament to conduct public hearings on the Party Funding Bill
19 June 2018
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will this week hear verbal submissions including one by My Vote Counts.
On 20 June 2018, My Vote Counts will be making a presentation on the Political Party Funding Bill. Of the many public submissions the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties received, eight requested to address the committee verbally.
We are calling for a number of amendments to the current state of the bill which are:
The local government sphere be included to receive funding from the Multi-Party Democracy Fund (MPDF)