The police portfolio committee (PPC) has, as was widely expected, recommended that Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride not have his contract renewed.
The DA was in favour of keeping McBride on, with the majority ANC and its MPs against it. They agreed that Police Minister Bheki Cele made the right call in not extending the five-year contract.
The matter will now be referred back to the High Court in Pretoria for a final decision. The committee cited an apparent breakdown in trust between McBride and the police minister, Bheki Cele, as swaying their decision. On 12 February, McBride took Cele to the Pretoria High Court to ask the court to find Cele’s decision “unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid” and to set it aside.
In the letter to committee chairman Francois Beukman, he is asked to hand over the names and ID numbers of MPs serving on the committee, and all information relating to their financial disclosures contained in the register of members’ interests for investigation.“I must really express my shock and dismay at some of the comments and WhatsApps members of this committee received in the last 72 hours. It is really totally unacceptable. Members cannot be put under undue pressure by lobby groups.
“The Constitutional Court has on numerous occasions held that a political actor is not permitted to make a decision on the renewal of a term of office of an executive of an independent institution, such as IPID, as this is incompatible with the requirements of adequate independence,” the foundation said in a statement on Tuesday.
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