Motshekga ends inquiry on Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office, steamrolling the opposition
And in the partisan parliamentary committee sitting‚ chairperson Mathole Motshekga upheld every point of order raised by the ANC
On Wednesday, the ANC majority on the parliamentary portfolio committee on justice used its majority to stop the inquiry into the fitness of public protector Busi Mkhwebane to hold office. In one of the most ill-tempered and partisan parliamentary committee sittings since the Nkandla inquiry‚ committee chairperson Mathole Motshekga (ANC) upheld every point of order raised by the ANC and overruled every point of order raised by the opposition. The committee dealt with a referral to it by speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete, of a complaint by DA chief whip John Steenhuisen that Mkhwebane was unfit to be public protector. This was after a judge had found she had overreached her powers when she instructed that the mandate of the Reserve Bank be changed‚ and instructed the portfolio committee (which does not have the power) to change the Constitution accordingly. Despite an earlier indication that he might recuse himself as chairperson because he was so deeply involved with the...
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