The National Assembly will convene its first virtual sitting next Wednesday.
Parliament is expediting the passing of the budget, which would allow Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to table an adjustment budget earlier than what normally would be the case.The National Assembly Programming Committee agreed on Thursday to scrap the mini-plenaries in which each department’s budget is debated. This annual process usually takes a few weeks of the parliamentary calendar.
Parties must let the parliamentary administration know how many of their members will attend the sitting at parliament in Cape Town. The other MPs will participate through Zoom. This meeting used the Zoom platform, but switched to MS Teams after the interruption, or the so-called Zoom-bomb. Almost all of the parliamentary committee meetings have used MS Teams.
DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone said they shouldn’t be naïve to think parliament is just the 400 MPs – there are also many staff members involved who can’t all travel and be accommodated in Pretoria.EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu said the Powers and Privileges Act allows the Speaker to designate any venue as the parliamentary precinct.She said interpersonal movement across provincial boundaries is not allowed.
About the EFF’s proposal, with the eye on future sittings, Modise said: “I’m not saying yes or no, I’m saying I’m listening.
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