DA welcomes Parliament’s vote on Public Protector removal proceedings
16 March 2021
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the vote in the National Assembly today initiating removal proceedings against the Public Protector, BusisiweMkhwebane.
We are pleased that Members of Parliament across the political divide have voted in favour of this motion brought by the DA. This vote is a testament to how Parliamentarians can work together in the best interest of South Africans.
The DA now calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend Mkhwebane pending the Ad Hoc committee inquiry into her fitness to hold office. The rules governing these removal proceedings state expressly that the President:
(a) may suspend a person from office at any time after the start of the proceedings of a committee of the National Assembly for the removal of that person, and
(b) must remove a person from office upon adoption by the Assembly of the resolution calling for that person’s removal.