'Enough is enough,' said the DA, which is working on introducing a 'cut the Cabinet perks bill' in Parliament to challenge the legitimacy of the Ministerial Handbook and luxurious treatment offered 'secretly' to Cabinet members. | Malaika_Dee
The party is currently finalising a draft of the bill, said Schreiber, who outlined it would be submitted to the Public Service and Administration Committee and then Parliament.
"Last year, the president secretly added more free perks in terms of electricity and water, and it was only after a public outcry that it was changed. We hope to use this bill to stop that practice." Schreiber said there was no law that permitted Ramaphosa to grant these perks, adding"it is a convention that the president grants these perks, in secret, but there is actually no law, which means the handbook may be illegal".
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