Mkhwebane says parliamentary process to remove her is 'unlawful and unconstitutional'
28 January 2020
Public Protector BusisiweMkhwebane has broken her silence on the parliamentary process which seeks to remove her from office, calling it "unconstitutional" and "unlawful".
"I am advised that the rules are unconstitutional and unlawful, in that they amount to a violation of the constitutionally prescribed duty imposed on organs of state to protect the independence of Chapter 9 institutions," she said at a briefing on Tuesday in Pretoria.
Mkhwebane was delivering 12 investigative reports, and took the opportunity to address the motion to initiate proceedings for her removal from office as approved by National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise.
News24 previously reported that DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone had put in a request to Modise, three days after Parliament adopted formal rules for the removal of a head of a Chapter 9 institution in December last year.