EFF REJECTS THE DANGER PAY FOR PARLIAMENT BOUNCERS
7 May, 2017
The EFF condemns the decision by the Speaker of National Assembly to pay parliament bouncers, known as the white shirts, an extra R400 for the supposed 'dangers at work'. In essence, Baleka Mbete is paying her professional hooligans, not only to remove members of parliament from the chamber, but also to do so as "dangerous work".
In the first place, the EFF objected to the idea that there must be a unit whose job is to remove MPs from the chamber for the things that they say. What these professional hooligans do and exist for in parliament violates Section 58 1(b) of the constitution which states;
"...members of the National Assembly—
(a) have freedom of speech in the Assembly and in its committees, subject to its rules and orders; and