Fire security cluster ministers if they misled public - DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it expects ministers in the security cluster to be fired if they are found to have misled the country during the recent unrest.
The party’s Dianne Kohler Barnard says Police Minister Bheki Cele, State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula must be removed if an inquiry finds they misled the country regarding the insurrection.
She is also calling for the edited intelligence reports to be made public.
Kohler Barnard briefed the media on Monday afternoon on the party’s expectations for parliament’s inquiry into the riots in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
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She said the inquiry cannot be led by Parliament’s police commitee.
“Any opportunity for a cover-up, or even the perception of a cover-up, must be removed entirely. This inquiry can therefore not be led by the parliamentary committee on police, nor its chairperson, Tina Joemat-Pettersson.
“The DA suggests that the credibility of the inquiry would be enhanced if both of the chairpersons of the ad hoc committee were drawn from the ranks of the opposition parties, and it is further suggested, in the interests of transparency, that the lead is taken by the justice committee.
“Any attempt by the ANC to exonerate the Executive and to whitewash the security cluster’s failures in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, will not be allowed.”
