Actionsa Accuses Da Of Complicity In Initial Vat Hike Proposal

ActionSA has accused the Democratic Alliance DA of complicity in the initial proposed controversial two percentage point VAT increase , despite the partys public denials.

A Parliamentary reply that ActionSA has obtained reveals that DA MP and Finance Deputy Minister Ashor Sarupen allegedly played a significant role in drafting the original budget speech proposing the hike.

ActionSA MP Alan Beesley has criticised the Government of National Unity GNU partner of political opportunism and hypocrisy.

As Action SA, we were deeply concerned that the Democratic Alliance essentially threw the finance minister under the bus, saying that he had gone rogue that there were no consultations on the two percent. So, having listened to that, I was concerned, so we asked a question to the Finance Minister on what was the role of the two deputy finance ministers in this process. Because weve got two Deputy Finance Ministers, one from the ANC, one from the DA and in his written response, he states that the two deputy ministers were intimately involved in the whole budget process, including writing the budget speech that contained the two percent VAT increase. So, for the DA to claim that they had no knowledge of the VAT increase is totally wrong, its hypocritical.

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