Parliament is under no legal obligation to ask controversial former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi to appear before it as it deliberates on whether they should return to office, parliamentary legal adviser Siviwe Njikela said  on Wednesday. 

The committees, however, do have the power to summon people to appear before them to provide whatever information or documents they may need for clarity.  ..

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