Comrade Chairperson, comrades and colleagues, this view that is emerging that the FFC is not performing to its fullest is not something that's peculiar or relevant to a single party. I think the committee as a whole has on several occasions said, we think the FFC should perform better and more effectively. It should be more productive. In fact, that's partly why in 2015 this very committee decided that at least the chairperson should be full-time and the deputy chairperson at least half-full time, if you like. That is not enough obviously.
However, this issue is not related to the salary scales, really. In the first instance, they haven't received an increase since 2012. Secondly, it is not the President who arbitrarily decided to increase their salaries. The President is merely acting on the recommendation - having thought it through - of the independent commission; the same commission that decides on our salary scales.