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Confusion reigns as MK party flip-flops on budget vote
The Star
|July 25, 2025
DRAMA played out during the adoption of the Budget in the National Assembly on Wednesday night when the MK Party supported the Appropriation Bill only to change its vote despite rejecting every departmental budget.
The party's chief whip Colleen Makhubele blamed the confusion on mistakenly casting their vote for the Ad Hoc Committee that was established to prove allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during the marathon session.
The unexpected vote of the official opposition unfolded soon after all the 42 schedules were agreed to.
House chairperson Cedric Frolick had asked the National Assembly Secretary to read the Fifth Order, which was the next to be considered on the agenda after the schedule of vote of department.
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