ANC and EFF motion trying to sneak state custodianship through Parliament
4 June 2021
The DA today voted against the motion submitted by the ANC Chief Whip, Pemmy Majodina to request an extension to the Section 25 Ad-Hoc Committee to 30 August.
We objected to this extension as it is nothing more than an effort to provide an opportunity for the ANC and the EFF to include custodianship in the amendment of Sec 25 of the Constitution.
By asking Parliament for an order “instructing the Committee to incorporate in its work proceedings and all the work of the previous committee up to and including 31 May 2021”, the ANC is desperately trying to keep the EFF onside by giving them the false assurance that their demand for the nationalisation of land is still on the table.
What the ANC/EFF coalition fails to understand is that this naked attempt to smuggle these ‘new’ provisions into the proposed section 25 amendment substantially and materially alters the original Bill that was gazetted. By operation of law, any material or substantive amendments have to go back to Parliament and the public for comments.