The office of the public protector The NEC is outraged at the conduct of the incumbent of the Office of the Public Protector. We uphold and respect the office of the Public Protector as enshrined in the constitution of the country including saving it from the incumbent itself. The actions of Advocate Thuli Madonsela are clear systematic signs planned to create anarchy and divisions within our society and the ANC in particular. We have continued to observe leakages coming from her office including calling press conferences to engage with government when guidelines are clear as to where she needs to account to. We have also observed Advocate Thuli Madonsela’s ambiguity in detailing some of the people she accuses of wrong doing for example, lately she said the ANC Senior Official leaked the letter to the office of the President which she mentions it was confidential. This is contradictory to the mandate of the office of the Public protector in which she must expose wrongs committed by public servants. What are her intentions of not disclosing the name of the person that leaked her communication to the office of the President? Is she not empowered do so? We had hoped that she would name and shame those that flawed regulations including even those working in her office if found contradicting the role of the very same office. It is against this background that we view her conduct as that of somebody trying very hard to portray herself as the fourth branch amongst the spheres of government. As a union, having fought many other injustices in our past and including the present, we have a moral obligation to protect the Office of the Public Protector from this incumbent. We can safely advise her that if she has interest in politics she must, just like Dr Ramphele Mamphela resign and launch her own party. The office of the Public Protector is an important institution in the government of South Africa and it was designed in order to move South Africa forward and not to cause anarchy or confusion amongst the citizens of the country. We reiterate our support for the statement issued by the ANC and SACP on their analysis regarding her conduct. We commend all the Alliance leaders from the ANC Chief Whip; Dr Mathole Motshekga, the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee; the ANC Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General for defending the ANC, the integrity of parliament and the President. We further call upon all to support us in protecting this important Office. We want to send a message to Adv Madonsela that she must allow parliament to handle the report which she has submitted and not meddle in the affairs of those who the people of our country have elected on the 7th of May 2014 to govern under the leadership of President Zuma. The people of our country voted the ANC against her wishes and she must accept their verdict. We will not allow her and her associates in business or the opposition parties to govern by proxy. She must stop using the office to attack the ANC with the intention of weakening it because that will not happen. It is the view of the NEC as well that the calls by some in our society for the President to pay back whatever money is premature in the extreme and has taken away the privileges of Parliament to provide leadership in the matter. We are calling upon all South Africans to allow the Parliamentary processes instituted to unfold without hindrance to their logical conclusion.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:20:56 +0000
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