Ramaphosa must present plan to improve ministers' performance in Parliament
23 June 2014
With Parliament now in full swing, the newly appointed Leader of Government Business and Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, must present a plan to Members of Parliament on what he intends to do to ensure that all members of the executive are fully accountable to Parliament and that they fulfil their constitutionally mandated roles in this respect.
I will request that the ANC Chief Whip, Mr Stone Sizani, invite Mr Ramaphosa to a special meeting of the Chief Whips Forum to present this plan to the Chief Whips of all parties represented in Parliament.
In the fourth Parliament, the executive demonstrated a disdain for Parliamentary oversight over the executive in a bid to avoid responsibility for their departments.
As the record stands only 17 % of oral questions asked by members in the house were answered by Ministers. 7 Ministers did not attend a single oral question session while 5 Ministers saw fit to come to Parliament only once to answer a question.