Premier Zille rejects ANC's false statements on proposed amendments to Provincial Constitution
29 January 2019
Premier Helen Zille has rejected the provincial ANC’s false statements on the proposed amendments to the Provincial Constitution currently before the Western Cape Provincial Parliament Standing Committee for consideration.
The ANC is trying to spread the lie that these amendments will introduce a new tax in the Western Cape. This is not true, as the amendments do not provide additional powers for taxation but merely seeks to clarify the term “money Bill” and to align the Provincial Constitution wording to section 120 of the national Constitution, as amended in 2001.
Premier Zille said: “The ANC’s comments ahead of the Provincial Parliament Standing Committee meeting shows the party’s inability to grasp both legislative and parliamentary matters. The ANC is so desperate to deflect attention away from the crippling corruption it is involved in, that it resorts to spreading lies to deliberately manufacture outrage.”
This morning’s briefing relates to the Western Cape First Amendment Bill, 2018, first published by the Provincial Parliament on 12 September 2018 in the Provincial Gazette.