CAPE TOWN - Parliament is warning that its ever-declining budget could impact on its lawmaking abilities, and its oversight of the public purse.
It said it depleted all its savings to keep the institution afloat and to meet its public participation obligations in the legislative process.Secretary to Parliament Xolile George told Parliament’s oversight committee on Friday the legislature could not implement the recommendations of the State Capture Commission of Inquiry without more money.George said this cut would have a knock-on effect of almost R800 million being slashed in the coming three years.
He added that Parliament was increasingly facing legal challenges to the bills it passed, another indication that it needed to bolster its research and policy capacity, rather than scale back.