THE Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday introduced a Private Member’s Bill designed to stop what it calls President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “dictatorial powers over the Ministerial Handbook”.
DA Shadow Minister for Public Service and Administration Dr Leon Schreiber argues that, currently, there appears to be no legal framework to govern the Ministerial Handbook, which was recently thrown into controversy.
Schreiber says the lack of legal framework allowed Ramaphosa to expand the size of ministerial offices and exempt Ministers and Deputy Ministers from paying for water and electricity in April this year.
“…but it is also why he did so in secret with no requirement to even inform Parliament about these changes,” Schreiber added.
The DA explained that its Bill would introduce a new section – 4A – into the existing Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, No 20 of 1998, which would force the President to first obtain properly considered and costed recommendations from the Independent Commission for the
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