Shortchanging social and economic rights: Why Parliament should not pass the Public Finance Bill, 2012 in its current form
While the Public Finance Bill makes some very good proposals, especially on reporting and accountability, there are significant omissions, and specific provisions which if passed in their current form will negatively impact on social and economic rights in this country. It is these provisions and omissions that we seek to highlight in this note and urge policy makers to amend as necessary before passing the Bill.
