DA confirms Zondo State Capture concerns
23 June 2023
The DA has noted the remarks by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, where he stated that should State Capture occur again, Parliament would never be able to prevent it as nothing has fundamentally changed in the operations or rules of Parliament.
This is true. And the DA has long held that a working and effective Parliament is not in the interests of the ANC. The ANC in Parliament has blocked every attempt to reform its way of conducting business. They have treated the Zondo Commission’s report and its recommendations with disdain and keep reminding people that these are mere recommendations and the institution isn’t bound by them.
The ANC has sought to shield those implicated by the commission from accountability and blankly refused to make any meaningful changes before the term is over. This will mean that the 7th Parliament will have nothing to rely on and insulate Parliament from within.
The DA has brought a raft of recommendations that flowed from the findings of the commission to the Rules Committee where these matters were meant to be dealt with. These recommendations were bluntly voted down by the ANC which has the majority.