Embattled public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been given a brief respite against her possible removal from office. This is after DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone last week withdrew her motion calling for impeachment proceedings to be instituted against Mkhwebane and submitted a new one to be considered afresh by speaker Thandi Modise.
A parliamentary motion to impeach public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was withdrawn last week to allow DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone to add new evidence against her.Embattled public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been given a brief respite against her possible removal from office.
"The withdrawal of the DA’s motion, which was tabled in December 2019, means that the attendant process that subsequently ensued, which includes the establishment of an external panel of experts to conduct a prima facie assessment of the motion, falls away," he said. "The rules provide that if the motion meets the requirements, the next step would be to establish an independent panel of experts to make a preliminary assessment of the motion.
She said the rules of parliament meant that everything she had received since December could not be submitted to the panel.
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