on paper and in theory parliament holds government accountable we purport to do that through various committees if we do this effectively and efficiently then the million dollar questions are as follows why do we continue to see service delivery protests in each and every province why do we continue to read of senior public officials entangled in corrupt activities why has violence by our police force against civilians and vice versa increased if we are to maintain peace and security and seek to avoid a repeat of what happened in north africa we as parliament need to ensure and strengthen our oversight role and hold government truly accountable to us and to the electorate i_letter thank you