/ 14 September 2007

ANC slams opposition for missing ethics meetings

The African National Congress (ANC) has issued a sharply worded statement attacking opposition parties for failing to turn up at scheduled meetings of Parliament's joint committee on ethics and members' interests. The committee is responsible for issuing the annual statement of the interests of members of both houses.

The African National Congress (ANC) has issued a sharply worded statement attacking opposition parties for failing to turn up at scheduled meetings of Parliament’s joint committee on ethics and members’ interests.

The committee is responsible for issuing the annual statement of the interests of members of both houses and the ANC complained on Friday that the opposition failure to show up is “yet again hindering Parliament’s ability to deliver this year’s Registrar of Members’ Interest report to the public”.

“We are surprised that parties that have anointed themselves as watchdogs of transparency, accountability and clean governance can behave in this manner,” ANC spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said. — I-Net Bridge