Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she had written, under protest, to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday setting out the reasons why she believes he should not suspend her..
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has sent reasons to President Cyril Rampahosa setting out why she should not be suspended. Mkhwebane said she sent this correspondence under protest because she holds a strong view that the powers to suspend will only be triggered after the start of the removal proceedings, which has not yet happened.
Mkhwebane's spokesperson Oupa Segalwe said:"Adv Mkhwebane holds a strong view that President Ramaphosa is precluded from playing any role in her suspension primarily because he is conflicted and that, in any event, the powers to suspend as envisaged in section 194 of the constitution will only be triggered after the start of the removal proceedings, which has not yet happened.”
"This is based on her belief that the letter in question will only be due after a decision on her two-part application in the Western Cape High Court in which President Ramaphosa, chairperson of the section 194 committee Mr Richard Dyantyi and speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are among the respondents,” Segalwe said.
In part B, which has yet to be heard by a differently constituted court, Mkhwebane seeks an order declaring the conduct of Ramaphosa, Dyantyi and Mapisa-Nqakula in respect of the impeachment process unconstitutional, unlawful, null and void.
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