It's time to fire Cecil Burgess as chairperson of the secret JSCI
I have today tabled a Notice of Motion calling for the censure and removal of Mr Cecil Burgess, the Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), for failing to table numerous annual reports in Parliament.
The fact is that the JSCI seems to have gone rogue, flagrantly ignoring its obligations to table annual reports in Parliament.
We have a bizarre situation where Parliament's ability to conduct effective oversight of the State Security Agency, Crime Intelligence and Defence Intelligence, is being undermined by the JSCI.
The JSCI is required, in terms of the Intelligence Oversight Act (No. 40 of 1994), to table annual reports in Parliament.
The annual reports are vital to ensuring that the State Security Agency, Crime Intelligence and Defence Intelligence are accountable to Parliament.