DA submits PAIA application for legal advice Ramaphosa obtained prior to announcing National State of Disaster
16 February 2023
Please find attached a soundbite by Cilliers Brink MP.
The DA has submitted a PAIA application to obtain a record of decision encompassing all the documentation and legal advice that President Cyril Ramaphosa obtained before deciding to declare a national State of Disaster (SoD) "…to respond to the electricity crisis and its effects".
There are credible concerns that Ramaphosa may have defied legal advice cautioning against the declaration of an national SoD for political reasons, to appease the ANC’s National Executive Committee.
To show that the ANC NEC’s call for an SoD was never about fixing the electricity crisis, a statement released after the conclusion of their lekgotla said: “In solving the energy crisis, the NEC Lekgotla encouraged the President of the Republic to declare a national State of Disaster, which will also require that the ANC reconnects with our communities and society.”