National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has denied the DA’s request to reconvene the House to establish an ad hoc committee on Eskom.
On Monday, the DA asked that Parliament reconvene as part of its campaign around the issue of Eskom’s rolling blackouts.
“While the ANC national government is in disarray, we believe Parliament, as the legislative arm of government, must step up to the task and provide solutions before it is too late. Indeed, it is a breach of the constitutional duty of members of Parliament (MPs) to be out campaigning when they should be rolling up their sleeves and implementing solutions to address our national energy crisis,” DA leader Mmusi Maimane said in a statement.
In a separate statement released on Tuesday, it emerged that Mbete replied to a written request from DA chief whip John Steenhuisen for the National Assembly to reconvene.
“In her letter to Mr Steenhuisen,
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