** ** *ANC CAUCUS CONDEMNS UNBECOMING BEHAVIOUR OF DA ON TOLLING SYSTEM DEBATE*
** *11 October 2011* ** The ANC Caucus within the Gauteng Legislature notes the unfortunate public stunt by the DA on the matter of the cancellation of a debate which was supposed to take place, in relation to the tolling system. This has come as a shock for the ANC Caucus, as we are under the impression that the DA fully understands processes and procedures of the Legislature. The ANC Caucus firstly needs to put in context that it is not at liberty to cancel debates in the house as this is a legislative procedural matter. The Speaker who is the presiding officer of the Gauteng legislature, Hon. Lindiwe Maseko has given clear reasons as to why the debate could not take place. The Petitions Committee has confirmed the receipt of petitions from COSATU, SANCO, a private citizen as well as from a DA MPL, representing Gauteng road users. The legislature has a responsibility to hear the views of Gauteng Citizens on the matter. This is a public participation process which is imperative in enriching the debate when it takes place and more importantly find a solution. **** The Gauteng Legislature has standing rules, which we hope the DA has familiarised itself with. Rule *123 (3) and (4) of the Standing Rules in the Gauteng Legislature*, clearly states that a motion can’t be proposed for discussion, if the same matter had been debated within a preceding period of 6 months. This simply means that if this matter is debated now with the Petitions committee process unfolding, it could only delay the process of hearing the views of the public unnecessarily, noting that even if such a debate would take place now, it can’t derive an informed solution informed by public views of Gauteng citizens. This asserts that the DA is compromising public participation for its party interests. **** The ANC Caucus further condemns the unwarranted, derogatory insults hurled at the Speaker as a result of the DA pulling this public stunt. There is no amount of justification for such malice and immature behaviour. **** We as the ANC Caucus welcome that the public has been exempted from the tolling system as our road users constitute a significant number of the working class and the poor. There is no dispute in terms of the development of our roads and infrastructure, this directly impacts the economic growth and development of the Gauteng Economy, however its imperative that all stakeholders reach consensus on the modus operandi, thus institutions like the legislature remain pivotal in ensuring that voices of our people are heard. The DA has just proven that its interests are not those of South Africans but that of their party to the detriment of millions of voices which should be heard on such a crucial matter. The ANC Caucus remains committed to our democracy and encourage members of the public to continue to use the Legislature’s petitions committee to further strengthen our democracy and their voice in the Legislature **** *Issued by the ANC Caucus* *Office of the Chie Whip * *For more information * *Contact * *Gugu Ndima* *Media and Communications Officer* *ANC Caucus (Gauteng Legislature)* *076 783 1516 * ** ** ------------------------------ * Note:* This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. *Gauteng Provincial Legislature *and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. *Thank You. * ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Scanned by *MailMarshal* - M86 Security's comprehensive email content security solution. Download a free evaluation of MailMarshal at www.m86security.com ** ------------------------------ -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
