DA once again wins fight against the ANC to debate Phala Phala saga
22 September 2022
Please find attached a soundbite by Siviwe Gwarube MP.
After an eleventh-hour attempt by the ANC to block the DA’s motion to debate the establishment of a Phala Phala ad hoc committee, the DA with the support of other opposition parties managed to, once again, secure an opportunity to table the debate.
The debate was originally scheduled for this afternoon in the Assembly, but late yesterday, the ANC indicated that the debate was removed from today’s Order Paper due to too short notice given to other political parties.
This was, in fact, an opinion that did not take the Assembly’s Rules into account. The DA filed the notice of the motion on Friday last week, and after consultations with the Assembly’s Table and the Chief Whips of other political parties, it was scheduled as our topic of debate on Tuesday.