Top Tweets for #LegacySummit2018
Legislative Sector Urged to Realign Its Oversight Work with National Development Plan https://t.co/wsYGyZWWJ8 #LegacySummit2018
The National Development Plan Is South Africa’s Developmental Blueprint https://t.co/5EEQHBgdkA #LegacySummit2018
#Frolick: We need to have legal capacity to evaluate legislation even before the legislation is presented to the committee. We need to have adequate capacity to make laws #LegacySummit2018
#Frolick: The rule frameworks for Parliament might also be re-looked at as there are clear recommendations on that in the report #LegacySummit2018
House Chairperson for Committees @cfrolick is now reflecting on the recommendations of the #HighLevelPanelReport #LegacySummit2018
#Sarakinsky: We need to be careful of opinion surveys because it leads to scientization of politics #LegacySummit2018
#Sarakinsky: Parliament should facilitate reasoning over best course of action (through debate) #LegacySummit2018
Prof Ivor Sarakinsky is now making a presentation on enhancing public involvement to deepen and entrench people-centred democracy #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: If our democracy is to mature at an accelerated rate, the Legislatures need to move with speed in continuously developing and implementing creative public participation initiatives #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: Openness and transparency are critical tenets of a thriving democracy hence the importance of keeping the citizens informed cannot be overstated #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: Therefore, efforts should be persistently made to push back the frontiers of ignorance among our citizens. Every citizen should be viewed as a student waiting to be taken through a public participation module by the Legislatures #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: To broaden our scope of public participation, the Legislature created Sector Parliaments which were established to provide a platform for different sectors in our communities to engage with legislators and the executive on issues pertinent to them #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: The Legislature’s Petitions Strategy refers to a petition as a written request, complaint or representation addressed to the Legislature by an individual or group of individuals after they have exhausted all other avenues #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: At both national and provincial levels, the submission of petitions remains a powerful form of direct democracy #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: Public participation would not be meaningful in a context of an uninformed and passive citizenry that cannot take maximum advantage of participatory spaces and opportunities that are created, and which should be created by all spheres of government #LegacySummit2018
#Johnson: We have strengthened the list of stakeholders that we communicate with and we must continue to partner with them #LegacySummit2018
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