SABC inquiry: ANC absolves its own from responsibility
After three months of putting the county first, ANC members of the SABC inquiry ad hoc committee today u-turned, and decided to put the ANC first by shielding its own from accountability.
When it is too good to be true, it usually is.
First, the ANC, supported by some members of the opposition, voted against holding members of the ANC who served on the Portfolio Committee on Communications and blocked every effort by the DA to hold the SABC board, its executives as well the Minister of Communications accountable.
Over the last two years, the DA has spent millions and gone in and out of court in an attempt to bring stability to the SABC.
Attempts to use parliamentary mechanisms were blocked by the ANC at every turn. The suggestion of “collective responsibility” only serves to protect ANC members from personal accountability.