We had no intention of causing distress with Gordhan charges - Abrahams
4 November 2016
Cape Town – NPA head Shaun Abrahams had no intention of causing any distress to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former Sars senior officials, Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay when he announced charges of fraud against them, he told Parliament on Friday.
Briefing the justice committee on his decision to drop the fraud charges against the three, Abrahams was grilled on the decision to prosecute.
Abrahams told the committee that when a decision to prosecute was made, the NPA was aware that lives and reputations would be affected and there would be major repercussions.
"Not only for the people concerned. We certainly don't make decisions to prosecute for people to be affected adversely," he said.