House Chairperson, the DA rises to object to this Vote today because we believe that there is insignificant oversight over this particular budget. We believe that it is wrong for Parliament to hold government departments to account through vigorous oversight of portfolio committees made up of members of this House and open to the public to attend, and yet it is not willing to put itself under scrutiny.
For that reason, we believe that it is going to be very difficult to exercise oversight through this. There is a much delayed oversight mechanism that we are waiting for. It is been long overdue and there is not enough oversight of this particular budget. For that reason we will not be supporting it. There needs to be far greater transparency and accountability from this House in terms of its budget. Thank you.