ANC denies request for Unusual Parliamentary Meeting to discuss SABC chaos
03 July 2016
The DA has received a response from the ANC's Cedric Frolick, Parliament's Chair of Chairs, declining our request for an Unusual Meeting of the Portfolio Committee of Communications.
Last week, the DA requested a meeting in terms of National Assembly (NA) Rule 223 to have the SABC board, COO Hlaudi Motsoeneneg, and Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi appear in Parliament to answer for the chaos at the SABC.
The Rule allows for parliamentary committees to meet when Parliament is not in session to discuss urgent matters of national importance.
We wrote to the ANC Chief Whip, Jackson Mthembu, who passed the matter to Frolick, who declined the request and indicated that a meeting can only take place only after the election.