Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane during the parliamentary inquiry into her fitness to hold office in Parliament on August 25, 2022. Photo: Gallo Images / Daily Maverick /Leila Dougan
The executive secretary at the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution , Lawson Naidoo, believes the Western Cape High Court placed"too much emphasis" on the Phala Phala investigation which repealed President Cyril Ramaphosa's suspension of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Last week, the court ruled that Ramaphosa's decision to suspend Mkhwebane after she sent him questions about the Phala Phala break-in, was invalid and"improper".
But Section 172 of the Constitution states that an order of constitutional invalidity has no force unless it is confirmed by the Constitutional Court.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
pejames So true!
pejames Totally agree
pejames Correct, we have to learn from here not just to bring any Tom & Dick in that office. The person must someone who is impeccable with a distinctive trek record in interpretation and application of the laws. Not mediocrity we see now.