UMholi we-DA, uJohn Steenhuisen, uxwayise ukuthi iqembu lakhe lizobheka zonke izindlela zokuphendula uma uMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa esayina i-Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Bill ngoLwesihlanu.
Noma kunjalo, izinhlangano eziningi ezihlanganisa i-South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu), inhlangano yomthetho yomphakathi i-Section27, kanye neNational Association of School Governing Bodies (NASGB), zikhuthaze uRamaphosa ukuba aqhubeke nokusayina lo mthethosivivinywa, zathi iwumzamo oqondile ekuqiniseni uhlelo lwezemfundo.
USteenhuisen uthe uma uRamaphosa esayina lo mthethosivivinywa, i-DA izodinga ukuhlela izinyathelo ezizolandela. Uthe impikiswano ephathelene nezinqubomgomo kwuhulumeni wobumbano ingokwemvelo, kodwa uma i-ANC iphikelela ezinqumweni ezilimaza umnotho noma umthethosisekelo, i-DA izophuma kuhulumeni futhi ibekezele izimo ezibucayi ukuze izwe lingahambi eweni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iSadtu, iSection27, kanye neNASGB zikholelwa ukuthi lo mthethosivivinywa uzosiza ekuletheni izinguquko ezidingekayo ohlelweni lwezemfundo. Lo mthethosivivinywa uhlanganisa nemihlahlandlela emisha yezikole ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi izingane zinesizinda esiqinile kwezemfundo kusukela ebuntwaneni.
Umongameli wezwe uMnumzane Cyril Ramaphosa kulindeleke ukuthi asayinde lomthetho sivivinywa namihla ngoLwesihlanu.