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NA Speaker Thoko Didiza
Several political parties have requested National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to withdraw the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals report of the Standing Committee on Finance.
The report was adopted by the majority of members in the committee last night.
It was adopted with recommendations by ActionSA, that Treasury must be given 30 days to come up with alternatives to tax hikes, while scrapping the VAT hike and to adjust personal income tax brackets. The report is up for tabling and voting in the house.
The EFF, MK Party and DA have written to Didiza to request the withdrawal of the report.
These parties have stated that the response that they have received from her was not to their satisfaction.
DA Chief Whip George Michalakis were among the MPs who addressed her in the House.
“The matter is in procedural default, kept in mind matter of law 1 May VAT increase will commence…would like to ask you to send report back to comm on procedural grounds…because if House considers report, will be complicit in what we believe is an illegal report at this stage.”
Didiza made the ruling that the house sitting will go ahead.
“Having considered 2025 FF the comm adopts report, not convinced comm no legal impediment preventing this House today to continue with its business.”
