Deputy Speaker, our contribution in this debate will not traverse the thematic areas that are canvassed in the committee report. We will, however, touch base on the performance of the PSC and the Centre for Public Service Innovation, CPSI.
Of the nine institutions supporting democracy, the PSC is but one institution which has not carried out its constitutional functions to the best of its ability, and with efficiency. The Constitution clearly spells out its functions, which include monitoring and investigating compliance to applicable procedures in the Public Service.
One of the notable procedures often flouted in the Public Service is the procurement and contractual processes. The PSC has never used its powers to rein in noncompliant organs of state in the Public Service. Year in and year out, the Auditor-General, AG, decries the state of finances in the Public Service. The PSC is ... [Inaudible.] ... when the Public Service is engulfed by unethical discretions.
The CPSI is also implicated. The committee report states that its role is to entrench and drive service-delivery innovation across all sectors. Over the past 25 years, there is little innovation that buttresses the public sector.
We wish to assist the CPSI. It should start here in Parliament. The Post Office is doing an excellent job. The Postbank, which should have been installed in Parliament and other government buildings long ... [Time expired.]