NPA record of decision should see Phiyega disciplined and dismissed
19 July 2015
After being granted a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application, the DA is in possession of the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) suspiciously incomplete record of decision into the matter relating to the investigation into the National Police Commissioner (NPC), Riah Phiyega. It relates to allegations that she was responsible for defeating the ends of justice by tipping off Western Cape Police Commissioner, Arno Lamoer, about an ongoing investigation against him. And it clearly shows dereliction of her duty.
This follows reports by the City Press this morning that Commissioner Phiyega should be disciplined for the NPA’s latest assertion that she was grossly negligent when not honouring the confidentiality that is expected of anyone of her station (see report).
It is alleged that General Lamoer was one part of a corrupt relationship between top police officials and a local businessman who allegedly had apparent links to the criminal “under-world”. Lamoer is also being tried for defeating the ends of justice. It was always bizarre that Mr Lamoer was being prosecuted but not Phiyega because defeating the ends of justice, in this regard, is usually done in tandem.
The DA is still trying to obtain the rest of the NPA’s papers. In any event the record of decision explicitly states that she acted negligently and should be the subject of a disciplinary hearing. The record of decisions states that “she did not keep the confidentiality that was so obviously required of her.”