Visa regulation job losses not important enough for debate, says Mbete
28 August 2015
The clearest indication yet of the ANC’s indifference towards unemployment is the Speaker of the National Assembly’s rejection of the DA’s call for an urgent debate on the indefensible visa regulations.
Earlier this month I wrote to the Speaker, calling for a debate of public importance, in terms of National Assembly Rule 103, on the impact that the newly promulgated visa regulations are having on our economy and jobs.
In her responding letter, Ms. Mbete outright rejected my call, stating that a debate in terms of Rule 103 should be of “sufficient immediate public importance to give it precedence over other programmed business”.
In other words, according to the Speaker, job losses as a result of the visa regulations are not important.