The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has once again called for Parliament to be relocated to Tshwane in Gauteng.
Smoke billows out of the National Assembly building after a fire at Parliament on 2 January 2022. Picture: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach
MPs debated the budget and annual performance plan of Parliament during a mini-plenary session on Monday.In the debate, EFF MP Omphile Maotwe indicated that her party rejected Parliament’s budget and expressed concern over the process of finding an alternative venue.MPs have used the Cape Town City Hall as a temporary venue since the fire gutted parts of the National Assembly.
“We still don’t have a plan for a temporary structure, whilst the rebuilding is taking place. The National Assembly building burned down because its health and safety standards were not in place,” Maotwe said on Monday.was not insured“We continue to call on Parliament to relocate to Tshwane in the capital city. The legislative and executive houses must be in one city, preferably Gauteng, which is much more accessible to the people across the country than the Cape.
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