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Department: Provincial Legislature

Table 1: Summary of departmental allocation
To be appropriated by Vote in 2023/24 R 607 951 000
Direct Charge R 71 484 000

Responsible Executive Authority Speaker of the Provincial Legislature
Administrating Department Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Accounting Officer Secretary to the Legislature

1. Overview

1.1 Vision
An activist and responsive People’s Assembly for good governance and improvement of quality of life for

all.

1.2 Mission
x To exercise oversight that will ensure responsiveness and accountability of the government to the

people of the Province;
x To initiate, pass and monitor implementation of laws that uphold citizens’ rights;

x To ensure meaningful public involvement, education and advocacy;
x To ensure that vulnerable groups are integrated in all programs of the Legislature; and

x To foster relations with local and international institutions supporting democracy.

1.3 Core functions and responsibilities
Facilitates law making; public participation in the legislative processes; and exercise oversight over the
Executive and other organs of the state. Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature (ECPL) is also responsible

for furthering cooperative governance between provincial and local legislative institutions.

The oversight function and the opening of the doors of the Legislature to the public continue to be important
areas of the Legislature’s activities. Bills brought before the Legislature by departments are scrutinized

before they are tabled in the House for debate. In this process, the stakeholder’s views are taken into
account - either by inviting them to the Legislature or by holding meetings. These inputs are also prepared

in respect of national legislation through the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).

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