Deputy Chairperson, we have among a few others one serious concern with this Budget of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and that is the Budget of National Prosecuting Authority has been cut for the third year in row. The consequence of this is that more 600 posts of prosecutors have been cut. The country where police who have to go after the criminals are
having their cut, Independent Police Investigative Directorate, IPID, which has to keep police free of criminals are grossly underfunded and now two few prosecutors are appointed to see that these criminals are sent to jail and posts being cut further.
It's clear that the new dawn does extend to a more effective criminal justice system. Our safety does not matter to the ANC - you know that, this is true. The DA government would have made this a priority because we know that safety is vital to individual freedom, again for the sake people we serve, every woman, man, child and their safety, the DA can not support this Budget and neither should you.