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OUTA, COSATU calls undermine constitution SAPA, The New Age, Johannesburg, 15 October 2013 Calls by COSATU and OUTA for Gauteng motorists not to pay for the e-tolls are undermining the country's constitution and judiciary, parliament's transport portfolio committee said on Tuesday. "The committee is concerned that these two organisations are encouraging citizens not to abide by an Act of Parliament and thus defy the constitution of the country," committee chairwoman Ruth Bhengu said in a statement. It said the recent signing of the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill ensured that the SA Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) would pay back loans it made from government. "The committee is thus greatly concerned that following unsuccessful legal challenges to the user-pay model, these organisations are resorting to unlawful means to voice their disapproval," Bhengu added. She said OUTA did not submit any objection or make inputs to the final bill to ensure it was representative of their views. "It is within this constitutionally guaranteed process that the organisation had the chance to voice their disapproval of the bill and not to wait for its finalisation and then discourage citizens." "[We are] convinced that these statements are OUTA and COSATU's way of undermining decisions made by the judiciary and as such undermines [the] constitution." Bhengu urged both e-tolling opposers to prove their respect for the law by accepting the decision made by the courts. "The committee maintains its view that the Gauteng freeway improvement project is an important part of efforts to develop an integrated transport model which is central in transforming [the] economy." - Sapa From: http://www.thenewage.co.za/109468-1009-53-Outa_Cosatu_calls_undermine_consti tution -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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