EWC amendment bill risks jeopardising constitutional order and incriminating Parliament – Sakeliga
At Parliamentary committee hearings today, business organisation Sakeliga strongly objected to the proposed Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill. Sakeliga emphasised the constitutional incompatibility of expropriation without compensation, as it has done before, but added that recent formulations risk inviting Parliament to commit public law legal misrepresentations. Presenting for Sakeliga, Piet le Roux, the organisation’s chief executive, argued that “Constitutions are not legitimate foundational documents because they have been adopted in a certain […]
Mondelinge Kommentaar op die Wetsontwerp op die Agtiende Grondwetwysiging
[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=44014203″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] Die sakegroep, Sakeliga, het vandag by parlementêre komiteeverhore sterk beswaar teen die voorgestelde Agtiende Wysigingswetsontwerp op die Grondwet. Sakeliga het, soos vantevore, klem op die grondwetlike onversoenbaarheid van onteiening sonder vergoeding gelê, maar het bygevoeg dat onlangse formulerings die parlement op risiko plaas om publiekregtelike wanvoorstellings te […]
Verbal Commentary on the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill
[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=44014203″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] EWC: We will never accept an unconstitutional order In its oral presentation to Parliament’s ad hoc committee to initiate and introduce legislation amending section 25 of the Constitution, Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux, emphasised the constitutional incompatibility of […]