ANC must withdraw Kohler Barnard accusations
The DA demands that the ANC Chief Whip, Stone Sizani, apologise following his fallacious accusations against DA MP, Dianne Kohler Barnard.
Last week, Sizani accused Ms Kohler Barnard of "transgressing the ethics code" and "[violating] her oath of confidentiality and the ethical code of conduct by disclosing sensitive information to her friends on social media". He based this on a column in The Post.
The journalist who authored the column, has confirmed that she never received any information from Ms Kohler Barnard regarding the confidential deliberations by the Ethics Committee during the Dina Pule matter, via social media or any other outlet.
Furthermore, she asserted that her comments on the matter were "misinterpreted and taken out of context" by the ANC.
The DA demands that the ANC:
- Formerly apologise to Ms Kohler Barnard;
- Withdraw the comments and statements made tarnishing her integrity and reputation;
- Disseminate this apology and withdrawal to the identical media database that their media statement containing these claims was sent to on 22nd August 2013; and
- Refrain from further unsubstantiated comments of this nature.
Stone Sizani's accusations have turned out to be nothing than hot air designed to cloud the Dina Pule scandal, just as we suspected.
Statement issued by Sandy Kalyan MP, Democratic Alliance Deputy Chief Whip, August 28 2013
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