The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Wednesday condemned Parliament for adopting "the illegal report by the Minister of Police‚ Nathi Nhleko‚ which unlawfully and unconstitutionally reviewed the findings and remedial actions of the Public Protector on Nkandla corruption".
The adoption of the "illegal Nhleko report" by the African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament did not exonerate President Jacob Zuma from criminal responsibility‚ the party’s national spokesperson‚ Lehlohonolo Fana Mokoena‚ said in a statement.
"Parliament has been reduced to a rubber stamp of illegal decisions from Luthuli House‚ with ANC MPs willingly betraying their constitutional responsibility to hold the executive accountable‚ and choosing to attack Chapter 9 Institutions like the Public Protector for fulfilling their constitutional obligations."
The EFF said it had "further warned opposition parties like the Democratic Alliance‚ National Freedom Party‚ Inkatha Freedom Party‚ United Democratic Movement‚ African Christian Democratic Party‚ African Independent Congress and Freedom Front Plus against participating in an illegal parliamentary process‚ whose sole purpose was to legitimise an illegal report".
"They stood in Parliament grandstanding and pretending to be offended by the outcome of an illegal processes they endorsed and fully participated in‚" Mokoena said.
EFF condemns adoption of ‘illegal Nhleko report’
The adoption of the "illegal Nhleko report" by the African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament did not exonerate President Jacob Zuma from criminal responsibility‚ the party’s national spokesperson‚ Lehlohonolo Fana Mokoena‚ said in a statement.
"Parliament has been reduced to a rubber stamp of illegal decisions from Luthuli House‚ with ANC MPs willingly betraying their constitutional responsibility to hold the executive accountable‚ and choosing to attack Chapter 9 Institutions like the Public Protector for fulfilling their constitutional obligations."
The EFF said it had "further warned opposition parties like the Democratic Alliance‚ National Freedom Party‚ Inkatha Freedom Party‚ United Democratic Movement‚ African Christian Democratic Party‚ African Independent Congress and Freedom Front Plus against participating in an illegal parliamentary process‚ whose sole purpose was to legitimise an illegal report".
"They stood in Parliament grandstanding and pretending to be offended by the outcome of an illegal processes they endorsed and fully participated in‚" Mokoena said.
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