Oscar Thomas
7 June 2014
Several organizations including
Section 27, Law Centre and the Women’s Legal Centre said the proposed changes
to the country’s national parliament seem to weaken its capacity for
oversight.
Parliament has proposed to reduce
committees and to restructure into cluster work. The several organizations said they are
alarmed by this development.
Section 27’s Thoko Madonko said this
is really problematic for the important role that parliament plays in
exercising oversight over the executive but also the important role that it
plays in enabling public to engage and participate and voice their issues
within the parliamentary system.
”We would really like to find out
more about what are the reasons and what is the thinking behind reducing the
number of committees Madonko added.
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