Chairperson, hon Minister, hon members, comrades and friends, I hereby make a statement which proposes the acceptance of the Report of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Amendment Regulations. The regulations were made in accordance with section 10 of the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, Act 103 of 1997.
It is important to note that the ad hoc committee was constituted by members of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development and the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs. It then made recommendations to the President of the Republic in line with the said Act.
This amendment is crucial to promote good governance and the rule of law. The House must support this amendment as it seeks to promote a vibrant democracy and responsibility amongst individual parties to account for resources they have used in the interests of the developmental state and the poor. Thank you. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.
Question put: That the Report be adopted.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Report accordingly adopted in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.