Masondo has hit back saying that when he approached the commission to discuss the matter last year when it went public, the chairperson had indicated to him that the group had initially declined to look into the matter.
“His response to the questions posed on the abuse of women were disappointing, distasteful and patronising. Not only has he not internalised the objective conditions facing women, he did not even show an understanding on this issue rather blaming the media throughout. Repeating slogans on the emancipation of women to the commission was not helpful to his case.”
“I acknowledge the advice by the commission given to me to consider stepping aside on the basis that I reported to the police what I regarded as a criminal act of extortion, harassment and death threats; which the commission seems to regard as a ‘domestic matter’; and, secondly, that I reported the matter to a wrong section of the police — Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation , which according to the integrity commission does not deal with extortion.
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