Mmusi Maimane said his Presidential Handbook will “remove any ambiguity – such as a swimming pool being charitably termed a firepool”.
It “seeks to avoid any future Nkandlas and blue light brigades‚ R4-billion jets and bloated VIP Protection Services“‚ the Democratic Alliance leader said at its release in Rosebank on Thursday.
Maimane’s handbook would also cut back state support to the spouses of the country’s leaders.
“We are not a rich family‚” - Edward Zuma
“This document aims to ensure that the person who occupies the Presidency is not given free rein with the people’s money‚ but is held to clear and precise standards and guidelines so as to ensure public funds are used to uplift the poor and deliver services‚ rather than bankroll the lavish lifestyles of the president and the deputy‚” Maimane said.
This it would do by setting “quantifiable limits on…expenditure”‚ he explained‚ adding that “under President Jacob Zuma‚ the budget for the Presidency has increased by more than 225%‚ ballooning from R452.5-million in 2008/09 to R1.15-billion for 2014/15”.
He said the “official Presidential Handbook” released last November by the Presidency “is an open-ended and toothless instrument that has done next to nothing to curtail the president’s careless spending”.
Maimane’s version would compel “the president and deputy president to disclose all business interests‚ as well as the business interests held by their families‚ in entities that conduct business with national government”.
The leaders’ families would also be affected by Maimane’s handbook’s “capping total spend on spousal support at 45% of the president or deputy president’s inclusive annual remuneration package”.
It would cap “the cost of vehicles at 15%” of the pay packages‚ and prohibit “their replacement during the president or deputy president’s term of office”.
“Security upgrades at the private residences of the president and deputy president. Expenditure on security upgrades are furthermore capped at R1-million with upgrades exceeding this amount subject to approval by Parliament‚” Maimane said.
It would also compel the leaders to “only travel with dedicated South African Defence Force aircraft or‚ when unavailable‚ commercial airlines”.
– TMG Digital
Maimane’s Handbook would cut back on support to presidential spouses
Mmusi Maimane said his Presidential Handbook will “remove any ambiguity – such as a swimming pool being charitably termed a firepool”.
It “seeks to avoid any future Nkandlas and blue light brigades‚ R4-billion jets and bloated VIP Protection Services“‚ the Democratic Alliance leader said at its release in Rosebank on Thursday.
Maimane’s handbook would also cut back state support to the spouses of the country’s leaders.
“We are not a rich family‚” - Edward Zuma
“This document aims to ensure that the person who occupies the Presidency is not given free rein with the people’s money‚ but is held to clear and precise standards and guidelines so as to ensure public funds are used to uplift the poor and deliver services‚ rather than bankroll the lavish lifestyles of the president and the deputy‚” Maimane said.
This it would do by setting “quantifiable limits on…expenditure”‚ he explained‚ adding that “under President Jacob Zuma‚ the budget for the Presidency has increased by more than 225%‚ ballooning from R452.5-million in 2008/09 to R1.15-billion for 2014/15”.
He said the “official Presidential Handbook” released last November by the Presidency “is an open-ended and toothless instrument that has done next to nothing to curtail the president’s careless spending”.
Maimane’s version would compel “the president and deputy president to disclose all business interests‚ as well as the business interests held by their families‚ in entities that conduct business with national government”.
The leaders’ families would also be affected by Maimane’s handbook’s “capping total spend on spousal support at 45% of the president or deputy president’s inclusive annual remuneration package”.
It would cap “the cost of vehicles at 15%” of the pay packages‚ and prohibit “their replacement during the president or deputy president’s term of office”.
“Security upgrades at the private residences of the president and deputy president. Expenditure on security upgrades are furthermore capped at R1-million with upgrades exceeding this amount subject to approval by Parliament‚” Maimane said.
It would also compel the leaders to “only travel with dedicated South African Defence Force aircraft or‚ when unavailable‚ commercial airlines”.
– TMG Digital
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