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27/12/94
The new constitution is now being written and I feel
that following elements, for both the central government and the provinces,
should
be taken into account.
Central governments should greatly leave
governing to other levels such as provinces and municipalities and concentrate
on the higher
spectrum ofgoveming of the country.
It is by no accident
that the most succesful countries in our world follow the above policy, examples
ofwhich are Malaysia, America,
Germany and Switzerland.
1. THE
CENTRAL, GOVERNMENT
- The
President is to be elected by popular franchise but all votes must be registered
on a common voters roll (no ID-cards or voters-cards
must be
allowed).
- The
elected President chooses his own Cabinet (Ministers).
- The
two vice-presidents are to be chosen from the largest parties that took part in
the
election ( winning more than I 0% ofthe votes).
- The
Deputy-Ministers are chosen as in C in proportion to the total percentage ofthe
votes cast.
- 'Re
size ofparlement must not be greater than the Ministers and Deputy-Ministers to
which
functions are allocated and also in the same way, reduce the
size ofthe central public servants body because a large proportion ofthe
functions will fall under the Provincial powers. (In this way parlement costs
can be reduced drastically and money so saved can be
allocated to the
RDP).
1.1. FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
- The
State-President's Office
- The
Department of Finance
- The
Department of Foreign Affairs
- The
Department of Defense
- The
Department of State Police
- The
Department of Energy and Science Affairs (electricity generation and
transmission, . 'mining, fuel)
- The
Department of Internal AfFairs
- The
Department of Justice
- The
Department of Education
(universties and technikons)
- The
Department ofhealth and Welfare (university- and other hospitals)
- The
Department of Sport
- The
Department ofagriculture (including state dams)
- fhe
Department of Transport (national roads, rail and state
airports)
2. THE SECOND HOUSE OF
STATE MINISTERS
All provinces are required to send
delegates to this Second House as advisors to the State
President.
.THE PROVINCES (STATES)
There must be
three levels of independence for Provinces (states) such as 3.1. PROVINCE
A
Excluding Central Government functions, all other functions of
Government, in their area, are under the control of this
province.
Province A must have the ability to govern itself and be in
such a financial position so as not to rely on the Central Government
for
finances in normal circumstances.
Province A will collect their own taxes
and the money, so collected, will be used to finance the functions allocated to
the province.
The collection ofVAT by this province must be payed over to
the Central Government.
Electricity will be purchased by the province in
bulk from ESKOM transmission network (40OKV) and redistributedm, by the
province,
throughout the province.
3.1.2. FUNCTIONS OF PROVINCE A
- All
Municipal Functions (including finances)
- Provincial
Finances
- Provincial
Education (Primary and secondary schools, technical- and agricultural
colleges
- Provincial
Department of Justice (excluding the appelate division)
- Provincial
Police
- Provincial
Water Affairs and roads (excluding state dams and national roads)
- Provincial
Farming, Forestry, Fishing and Game Reserves
- Provincial
Airports and Sea Ports (excluding Naval Bases)
- Social
Welfare and Health
- Provincial
Sport
k Energy and Transport (Provincial electricity distribution,
fuel) 1. Tourism
The election ofpiime Ministers and Ministers of the State
win be by means ofpopular vote, cast for a particular party by voters that
are
registered on that province's municipal voters' roll. The Deputy
Ministers must be elected in the same fashion as in the Central
Government.
The municipal voters' roll must also be used for electing
City and Town Councilors.
3.
3.2. PROVINCE B
This province will be supported fmancially by
Central Govemment and it's functions and powers will be that as presently
ascribed to
provinces.
All taxes, as well as VAT, is to be collected by
Central Government agencies.
lie election of Prime Ministers and
Ministers will be the same as Province A
3.3. PROVINCE
C
The Central Government finances all functions ofthis
province and controls the running ofthe province.
The State ]President
elects the ~e Minister and Ministers to run this province.
Any powers given
to this province will be the perogative ofthe State President.
O.
Bothma
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