South African opposition party seeks to block parliament budget vote


FILE PHOTO: Members of parliament stand in a makeshift dome after South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2025 budget speech was postponed, in Cape Town, South Africa, February 19, 2025. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters has written to the speaker of parliament seeking to block lawmakers from meeting on Wednesday to vote on the next stage of the budget process.

The EFF said in a letter to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza that Tuesday's proceedings at a key parliamentary committee, which supported the fiscal framework despite reservations about some budget revenue-generating measures, were "procedurally defective and vulnerable to legal challenge".

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