The DA has approached the Constitutional Court to have the appointment of former spy boss Arthur Fraser as the national commissioner of correctional services set aside with immediate effect. It also wants the court to declare that by making the appointment, President Cyril Ramaphosa violated his constitutional obligation. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said in a statement the party had filed papers with SA’s apex court seeking exclusive jurisdiction by the court on the matter‚ or alternatively to be granted direct access to it. "Fraser is a compromised individual who is wholly unfit to hold such a vital position within government‚ and as such the president erred in his appointment of such an individual‚" Maimane said. He said the DA was seeking an order declaring that Ramaphosa’s recent appointment of Fraser "violated the president’s constitutional obligation to appoint a national commissioner who was sufficiently conscientious‚ had enough credibility to do this important job effectively a...
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