Pieter Groenewald: FF Plus MP said:
“The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms. Lindiwe Sisulu, is not answering questions in Parliament and is contemptuous of Parliament. Important questions I have posed to her regarding the training of the ANC Youth League, the absence of members of the Defence Force and the relieving of soldiers on the Amatola in the Mozambique Channel, is being side-stepped by stating that the Minister is in the process of obtaining the information. It is unacceptable that the information is not readily available as it would mean that the Minister and head of the Defence Force does not know what is going on in the Defence force,” Mr. Pieter Groenewald (MP), chief spokesperson on Defence for the Freedom Front Plus says.
“It rather appears as if the Minister is playing for time so that the year would come to an end as the questions would then expire and would have to be resubmitted in Parliament next year. These questions were all asked in August and this is more than enough time to obtain the information. I am definitely not going to leave it there and I will in writing be asking the Speaker as well as Deputy President Motlanthe as head of the government in Parliament, to take action. It is not the first time that Sisulu has avoided questions and at other times she is sarcastic when answering Parliamentary questions. She must realise that she is accountable to Parliament and the voters,” Groenewald said.
