To prevent corruption and theft in the R500 billion Covid-19 rescue package, the DA has proposed that Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni create a special inspector-general.
Briefing the media on Monday, the party said regular processes are suspended when funding is dispersed under disaster relief and emergency provisions of law, which has, in the past, resulted in massive wasteful expenditure, with no results.
Legal provision for this special inspector-general can be made in the forthcoming Special Appropriations Bill to be tabled to Parliament in June, to give effect to the R500 billion stimulus package announced by the president and finance minister."
The party also threatened to table an amendment to the Special Appropriations Bill, should Mboweni not adhere to the request.
The party added that the functions of the special inspector-general shall include:
President Cyril Ramaphosa's April announcement of a R500 billion Covid-19 social and economic plan included funding to combat the pandemic, money for municipalities for provision of services, grants for relieving the plight of the poorest, funding for job creation, tax relief for distressed businesses, assistance for spaza shops and small businesses, and a loan guarantee scheme for qualifying businesses.
