Madam Chair, like many other institutions in this country, the Financial and Fiscal Commission has been ignored for far too long and lacks capacity. As Parliament, there is so much we can do to strengthen the Financial and Fiscal Commission. It begins with acknowledging the importance of the FFC as a constitutionally-mandated body.
The recommendation of the FFC must also find substantive expression in activities of Parliament. Currently, amongst its many duties, the Financial and Fiscal Commission provides government with recommendations on how revenue should be divided between three spheres of government. This is extremely important as the current manner in which revenue is divided is ill-conceived and has a negative impact on service delivery.
Since we first became Members of this Parliament, the EFF has consistently called for a larger percentage of national revenue to be allocated to the local sphere of government. Local government is at the forefront of service delivery and throughout much of the world the