Ashor Sarupen

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

ashors@da.org.za

@AshorSarupen

About Ashor Sarupen

2019 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 21

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Standing Committee on Appropriations — Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: committee report — 10 Oct 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Special Appropriation Bill: National Treasury on Eskom conditions; FFC submission on 2020-21 Division of Revenue — 9 Oct 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: deliberations — 18 Sep 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: DA’s proposed amendments; Proposed oversight visit — 17 Sep 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: public hearings — 11 Sep 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Standing Committee on Appropriations (Committee) since 27th June 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

8th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
66th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
27th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Education Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Finance Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: deliberations 18 Sep 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) commented that public participation had proved that although there were widely divergent views, all were agreed that Eskom had to be fixed. Persistent bailouts had to end. The Committee was agreed about strengthening conditions. No blank cheques were to be handed to Eskom. The financial sustainability ...
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019] deliberations and proposed amendments; Proposed oversight visit 17 Sep 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said that the rules of Parliament allowed any member of Parliament to move any motion forward in Committees.
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: public hearings 11 Sep 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said the presentation stated that OUTA supported the Financial and Fiscal Commission’s (FFC’s) conditions. Did OUTA believe that it would be better for accountability if the FFC’s conditions could be included in the body of the bill?
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom briefings 10 Sep 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked how the staff numbers had grown relative to the generation of electricity, because there was an impression that Eskom was bloated and top heavy. What was the vacancy rate in critical posts? What was the amount of bonuses paid over the past ten years and ...
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing 4 Sep 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked how the budget deficit and borrowing would impact on the fiscus. What did over and above the initial R23 billion mean? The NT was not inclined to say where the money was to come from. The DG of the Treasury only commented that the NT ...

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