{"id":173,"date":"2017-02-21T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T07:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seanmuller.co.za\/notesfromtheperiphery\/?p=173"},"modified":"2017-07-12T22:22:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:22:02","slug":"parliament-has-the-final-say-on-the-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seanmuller.co.za\/notesfromtheperiphery\/2017\/02\/21\/parliament-has-the-final-say-on-the-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament has the final say on the Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of the Minister of Finance’s Budget Speech tomorrow, I’ve just published a piece in The Conversation<\/a>, explaining the core components of South Africa’s annual Budget and the fact that Parliament ultimately has the final say on each of these – subject to a public consultation process. The full process is guided by the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act (2009), which I worked with extensively when I was at the Parliamentary Budget Office.<\/p>\n

The conclusion of the article, that Parliament’s oversight may provide some reassurance in the current political context, is less comforting in light of an article published today<\/a> which reveals that a vacancy has suddenly been created on the standing committee of finance. The last time that happened was when the then ANC whip of the committee, Des Van Rooyen, was notoriously made Minister of Finance for a weekend<\/a>. It appears likely that Brian Molefe, former CEO of Eskom who is named dozens of times in the Public Protector’s ‘State of Capture’ Report, will be appointed to this vacancy – having been surreptitiously added to the ANC’s list of MPs<\/a>. And this in turn may be a stepping stone to his appointment to cabinet in a last ditch attempt, by a faction close to the president, to take control of public finances for nefarious ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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