Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has dismissed claims of alleged infiltration in the National Prosecuting Authority NPA and clarified that the NPA boss, Adv. Shamila Batohis reported statement to that effect was a wrong choice of words.
This, after Batohis reported comments of alleged infiltration in the National Prosecuting Authority, garnered calls for a formal inquiry into the allegations.
Kubayi has poured cold water on the alleged infiltration in the NPA claims, which slowly sparked calls for a formal inquiry into the prosecuting authority.
I met immediately she did the interview on the evening on Thursday. On that Friday, we had a meeting with the judiciarys president - just that - the whole day. In the afternoon, I met with the NDPP I asked, and she explained to me, which I went public about, that it was the wrong choice of words. Its not infiltration. There are incidences where youd find a prosecutor who has conducted themselves wrongly, and it happens because we live in a society where corruption happens, where individuals, you know, youd have seen some of the last week we were having a prosecutor in court, I think its outing, where we had a prosecutor in court that was facing charges. So its those things. She did clarify to me that there was a wrong choice of way that she used it was not infiltration, explains Kubayi.
Batohi also recently backtracked on the comments in parliament following pressure to clarify the said statement.
