ANC continues to undermine the functioning of the FS Legislature
30 August 2017
The ANC continues to undermine the functioning of the Free State Provincial Legislature.
For some time now, the ANC has shown little regard for upholding the constitutional mandate of the Legislature, especially in conducting effective oversight over the Executive.
Just this week, the MEC for Finance, Elzabe Rockman, and the MEC for Cooperative Governance, Sisi Ntomblela, were long scheduled to brief the Portfolio Committee of Public Accounts and Finance yesterday, on the poor audit outcomes of the worst performing Free State municipalities. The MEC for Education, Tate Makgoe, was also scheduled to brief the Committee on the R86 million lost from the infrastructure grant, that the Department had to return to National Treasury as a result of the failure by the Department to spend it. The Committee for Social Services scheduled for yesterday was also cancelled.
The reason given for these cancellations was that Premier Ace Magashule had called a meeting of the Executive, and as such, MECs were unable to attend the committee meetings.