Parliament vows to tighten up rules in Mkwebane impeachment
The section 194 committee looking into the fitness to hold office of suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is concerned at the treatment dished out to witnesses.
Mkhwebane’s legal representative at the inquiry, Advocate Dali Mpofu, has been involved in several heated exchanges with both witnesses and members of the committee.
The committee met on Wednesday to discuss the work done over the past week.
“The committee has held seven days of hearings thus far. It agreed yesterday that the hearing of witnesses would resume next week, in order to provide the PP and her legal team time to prepare for a court hearing next week,” the committee’s chairperson Qubudile Dyantyi said.
“They were concerned about the lack of regard with which witnesses have been treated by some of those involved in the process, as well as the time taken up by the questioning of witnesses.
“The committee resolved that these three directives require stronger enforcement to ensure that its processes run more smoothly, and its work is credible.”
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