The DA says Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane should resign as she is 'tainted and compromised'.
Johannesburg - The DA says Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane should resign as she is "tainted and compromised".
The North Gauteng High Court ruled that Mkhwebane's report was unlawful and should be set aside. The report found that Ramaphosa had misled Parliament on the R500 000 donation his campaign received in the ANC's 2017 presidential race. The judges also said Mkhwebane had no jurisdiction to investigate Ramaphosa's campaign financing as that fell outside her mandate. She had also failed to grasp the NPA's prosecutorial independence when she demanded that the unit investigate the money laundering aspect of her findings. Steenhuisen said this ruling should put an end to Mkhwebane's career.
The DA has put forward a motion which has led to the greenlight by Speaker Thandi Modise for a panel to be established which will investigate Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office. The Public Protector will be challenging this panel's establishment in court next month.
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