Nkandla Ad Hoc Committee: Operation Protect Zuma
30 September 2014
Today the Nkandla Ad Hoc Committee proceeds, with only the ANC members sitting to whitewash the accountability of President Jacob Zuma, after the Opposition collectively walked out of the Committee last week.
We refuse to partake in a process that sets out to undermine the Constitution, and where the ANC uses its majority to evade holding President Zuma to account for the R246 million Nkandla upgrades, which were marked by inflated costs, the flouting of procurement regulations and the undue enrichment of President Zuma.
Without the participation of the Opposition, the ANC's Luthuli House deployees will continue to play judge and jury in a process which will shield the President from any form of accountability. The ANC has been intent from day-one of the Nkandla Committee on making not a single concession, or reaching a single agreement, other than to shield President Zuma.
The ANC in the Committee has already used its majority to undermine the oversight role of Parliament. The ANC forcedly pushed through that there was no need for President Zuma to appear before the Committee.