Parliament, Monday, 25 March 2024 – The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests having considered the non-disclosures of financial and other registrable interests in respect of the 2023 disclosure process, wished to express its concern at the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) who did not disclose by the deadline of 30 September 2023.
Of the 454 members who are required to submit their disclosures, 11 of them failed and/or neglected to submit their disclosures by the deadline date. The11 members will receive their penalties in the National Assembly on 26 March2024. The committee expressed disappointment over that failure by that number of MPs to disclose by the deadline.
The committee stressed that the disclosure of registrable and financial information is crucial in holding individual Members of Parliament personally accountable. According to the Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members’ Interests, MPs must disclose their registrable interests annually at a time determined by the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests.
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND MEMBERS’ INTERESTS, MR BHEKI NKOSI.
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