Simon Nare
EFF in the National Assembly have raised concerns over how budget debates are being rushed and steamrolled without allowing for due process and interrogation, to make way for President Cyril Ramaphosa to deliver his address at the opening of Parliament next Thursday.
Leading the charge is EFF deputy president Flyod Shivambu who put it to Speaker Thoko Didiza during the budget vote that committees were not being given reasonable time to have quantitative debates as there was no space for committee meetings due to time limits.
The opening of Parliament is set down for July 18 where Ramaphosa will outline the priorities of the 7th administration in a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.
And as the day has been set down, it has left little time for committees to debate the budget and how the public purse should be allocated,
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