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CONSTITUTIONAL
ASSEMBLY
20 January
1994
The Secretariat
Constitutional Assembly
PO Box IS
CAPE
TOV;N 8000
SIZE OF PARLIAMENT
Dear Sir,
My concern is
with the nun~ of people in the proposed C onal Asmnbly. I see that it is
proposed to have 490, 400 from the National
As~ly and 90 from the
senate.
Consid@g the National As~ly, I believe that only about 50 of them
wdl take an active pan m the govemmg of the country. Others wdl
be of mm ~
value and a further munber wdl be needed to enwm repmw~on from the many groups
wluch we have. There will stills be a
@e number who can only be described as
parasites.
A reduced National Assembly has at least the follo@ favourable
consequences.
1. COST. If we can reduce the number
by say 200, then the saving in
salary/allowances and back-up staff will be at least R40 million, money which
can be better on Education or the RDP.
2. EFFICIIENCY A N.A. of the size
proposed is too large to be efficient. All my experience in business and
consulting tells me so.
3. VALUE TO GDP. The 200 which wifi now not go
to the N.A. will (mosdy) be talented men who wdl be of infinitely greater value
to
the country practising their talents in business or organisations which
desparately need good people and adding to the wealth of
the country instead of
consuming it.
4. KNOCK-ON EFFECT Reducing the size of the N.A- may mean
that the size of the second tier and third tier government bodies wdl also
be
reduced with further savings and increased efsciency.
Yours
faithfully
G. SCHMIDT
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