Members Of Parliament should get serious

Even though we have seen on a number of occasions some members sent out and two having been suspended for a week, the just ended session was not different from the previous one. The only difference was that this time around after wasting lots of time, the house decided to spend the whole night in parliament. Yes, we applaud the legislators for debating and passing five Bills overnight, but at the taxpayer’s cost.

All members, parliament staff, ministers’ drivers and indeed many others worked overtime which they have to be paid for. This is of course in addition to the cost of food consumed during the night. These costs could have been totally avoided had the house done exactly what they promised those who elected them. On many occasions, members would ask questions and not show up. MP Ignatius Moswaane  for instance on one occasion had submitted 12 motions, which were each, read out while he did not attend.