As public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane continues to fight for her job, she has now been tasked to investigate and submit a report on President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Ramaphosa had asked her to explain why she should not be suspended from her job amid Parliament’s impeachment process against her.
Mkhwebane on Monday confirmed she will investigate Ramaphosa for allegedly breaching the executive code of ethics relating to criminal activities at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo.
She has used this opportunity to address what she called unfair criticism over her investigations concerning the Executive Members Ethics Act.
Mkhwebane claimed some have accused her of getting involved in party politics and targeting certain members of the executive.
In a statement, Mkhwebane said the Public Protector is the only institution in the country empowered to enforce the Executive Code of Ethics.
“On receipt of such a complaint, the Public Protector must investigate and must submit a report on the alleged breach of the Executive Code of Ethics within 30 days of the complaint to the President if the complaint was against a member of Cabinet, a Premier or Deputy Minister.”
Mkhwebane said she would have to improvise on who would receive her report on the president.
“Due to the silence of the Executive Members Ethics Act (EMEA) when it comes to the appropriate recipient of the report in case the complaint is against the President, the Public Protector has previously had to improvise and send it to the Speaker of the National Assembly.”
The complaint against Ramaphosa comes after former spy boss Arthur Fraser laid a criminal complaint against the president, accusing him of money laundering and not reporting a robbery at his farm where a reported $4 million (R61.8 million) was stolen.
Fraser also claimed the suspects who broke into the president’s property were subsequently kidnapped, interrogated, and paid off to keep silent.
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