Questions 'manipulated'
08 October 2015 - 02:19
The DA claims the ANC and certain parliamentary officials are manipulating the questions ministers have to answer in parliament. Opposition chief whip John Steenhuisen will file a complaint with National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete shortly.Parliamentary questions are regarded the world over as some of the most important oversight mechanisms to ensure that cabinet members are forced to keep the public informed.Steenhuisen said the cabinet and some officials were in cahoots to ensure uncomfortable information is not extracted from the government, and that tough questions are deflected."Words are changed in the questions to help obfuscation so the truth is not known." ..
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