The Public Protector has got another issue with the courts. This time, it is against Parliament.
The High Court in the Western Cape has rejected her urgent application to halt the investigation into het fitness to retain her office.
The Public Protector had made an argument that the new rules are “unconstitutional.”
Public Protector fails in High Court bid to stop Parliament from proceeding with a process to investigate her fitness to hold office.
— Lindsay Dentlinger (@metrobabe) October 9, 2020
Public Protector also to pay costs of the DA. It’s the party which has initiated the motion of no confidence in Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Mkhwebane argued in court that they had a vendetta against her.
— Lindsay Dentlinger (@metrobabe) October 9, 2020
Judge: “I am satisfied that it is just and equitable that the process for the removal of the applicant in terms of the new rules not be suspended and that the applicant (Public Protector) has likewise not made out a case for relief in terms of Section 172 (1)(b) of Constitution.”
— Lindsay Dentlinger (@metrobabe) October 9, 2020
