The opposition says this is no time to be forcing taxpayers to fund big jamborees in stadiums.
In a statement on Thursday, the DA was scathing about the millions that government will allegedly be blowing on a stadium extravaganza to inaugurate the new president after the May 8 elections.
Earlier, parliament had been told that costs to get the sixth parliament up and running would be kept to an absolute minimum, with a budget of R60.6 million requested by the parliamentary administration for the rollout of the 2019 parliamentary inauguration programme, which would see all 400 incoming members of parliament on-boarded, trained and inducted.
“By convention, the inauguration of the president is held at the Union Buildings with a select invited audience. While the South African public should be incorporated in the inauguration of a president, it is unconscionable that the presidency will spend hundreds of millions to transport people in, taking precious financial resources from local municipalities to fund this jamboree.
“Our municipalities should be providing basic services to South Africans, not bussing delegates to political events. It is incredibly irresponsible for the presidency to redirect monies that could be used to fix potholes, provide water and sanitation to communities, to essentially rent a crowd for the inauguration.”
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