EFF MP Eugene Mthethwa says President Cyril Ramaphosas decision to institute a judicial commission of inquiry is just a delaying tactic. Mthethwa says inquiries constantly fail to meet their deadlines and this is a burden for taxpayers.
He was speaking at the joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Police, and Justice and Constitutional Development on Wednesday afternoon.
The commissions of inquiry have not brought much. Whatever that you can speak of. Those are in the books, in the public space people see nothing tangible from the commissions of inquiry. And its a very costly exercise. So, I am saying it is salt, because it displays, first and foremost no confidence in us as the constitutional structures under parliament thats entrusted with the oversight over the executive, including the president himself, says Mthethwa.
The party has lamented that Mchunu was not fired with immediate effect amid the allegations.
"As we stand here, Minister Mchunu was not fired. He was not arrested. He was put on special leave - something the president has no powers to do. This has been another trait of the Ramaphosa Presidency, akin to a dictatorship where he conducts himself outside the confines of the constitution," says EFF MP, Nontando Nolutshungu.