A majority of MPs in a parliamentary committee voted not to recommend expedited action against the public protector.
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, DA chief whip John Steenhuisen hit out at the decision of parliament’s justice and correctional services portfolio committee about whether to expedite proceedings to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
He said the DA would now submit a minority report on the matter “as we continue our to fight to ensure that Chapter 9 institution office bearers be held to account by those they serve”. Steenhuisen pointed out that the court had found that Mkhwebane was reasonably suspected of bias; had not brought an impartial mind to bear on the issues before her; was found to have been so derelict in executing her duties that the court ordered that she, in her personal capacity, pay 15% of the costs of the SA Reserve Bank on an attorney and client scale, including the costs of three counsel; and in March 2018 her appeal was rejected by a full Bench of the same High Court, and these findings...
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