Hon Chair, I am glad that the hon member of the EFF accepts the principle that all parties who receive funding for their campaign need to disclose, and to this end, we support the original action taken by My Vote Counts. They have been at this for a number of years now, and I'm glad that the Apex Court has ruled that we have to bring about the
amendments to our legislation so that we can reveal all donations over R100 000.
But in considering these amendments, hon Chairperson of the Committee, we would like you to note what the Chief Justice said. He said, I quote, "the ongoing law-making process may comfortably run parallel to this judgment without the one being undermined by the other in any way." Therefore, when considering this amendment, this committee must take note of the Political Party Funding Bill which has been passed into law.
We have set up an ad hoc committee in the Fifth Parliament and the only thing outstanding now is that we understand that there are about 5000 submissions to the regulations that will accompany this Act. We are hoping that on 1 and 2 August these regulations will be made known because that is the day the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, have set.
The sooner we need to disclose the campaign funding of all parties of all sides of the House, the better. I don't think we should single any particular party or any individual in this case. Thank you.