DA files PAIA application for IPID's probe into Dramat
08 January 2015
The DA will today file a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application to gain access to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate's (IPID) report on the probe into suspended Hawks Boss, Anwa Dramat. In terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the Executive Director of the IPID, Mr Robert McBride, is compelled to make public the report into Dramat or outline the reasons for not making the report readily available within 30 working days from today.
The Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko, contends that the said IPID report forms the basis for his decision to suspend Dramat.
In the interest of transparency and accountability it is crucial to have all the facts into the Police Minister's conduct and whether or not the Hawks Boss is implicated, by IPID's report, in any wrong doing.
The DA yesterday wrote to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Francois Beukman, requesting that he call an urgent sitting of the Police Portfolio Committee to institute an investigation into the Police Minister's conduct in suspending Dramat as the DA believes Minister Nhleko did so outside of his legal authority.