Imogen Vollenhoven
08November 2012
The Federation of Unions of South
Africa is calling on deputy-president Kgalema Motlanthe to investigate
Parliament's commitment to public participation regarding the Traditional
Courts Bill.
Fedusa is concerned that the voices
of the public who do not agree with the Bill are being disregarded by those
leading the legislative process.
Fedusa’s Dennis George says
Parliament launched a grand campaign to engage the public on the matter, but
there is still no guarantee that public opinion will be acted upon.
George said that twenty two of the
submissions including Fedusa’s submissions that was made to the committee
without considering these proposals and submissions that was made to
Parliament.
At the same time parliament has
released form their side the Parliamentary participation framework process to
see whether or not more people will be interested in participating in our
democracy and in the legislative process he said that is the reason why Fedusa
has decided to approach the Deputy President Motlante to ask him to investigate
this matter as it is a very critical issue.
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