DA requests Parliament to institute removal proceedings against Public Protector
23 May 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thandi Modise, to request for the institution of removal proceedings against the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
This request follows the latest indictment on Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office when, in a damning ruling on Monday, the North Gauteng High Court set aside the Public Protector’s report into the Vrede Dairy Project. The Court found that the report was unconstitutional and invalid.
This is but one example in a long list of Mkhwebane‘s failures in her role as Public Protector.
- She jumped to the defence of former President Jacob Zuma by laying criminal charges against former Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, for releasing the transcript of her interview with him;