Former public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has said Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has no jurisdiction over the complaint on the early retirement he granted to former SA Revenue Service boss Ivan Pillay.
Johannesburg - In his founding affidavit filed with the Pretoria High Court, Gordhan said there were no “special circumstances” present for Mkhwebane to exercise her discretion on a matter that took place more than 10 years ago.
Gordhan insisted that Pillay’s early retirement was approved on October18, 2010, and that there were no “special circumstances” justifying Mkhwebane entertaining the complaint almost a decade later. Gordhan said the final report revealed no sign of any meaningful consideration of, or reflection on, the contents of his submission.
“I can only conclude that the rush to complete and issue the report within two days of the receipt of my submissions was informed by improper and irrelevant considerations, or an ulterior purpose or motive,” he said.
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