Suspended Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants to return to office, believing that she is no longer suspended, but President Cyril Ramaphosa informed her that she is.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Busisiwe Mkhwebane that she is still suspended and cannot return to the office of Public Protector.Insisting that her suspension is no longer in force, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants to return to office. The parliamentary process to decide Mkhwebane's fate will conclude on 11 September, when the National Assembly will vote on whether she should be removed.
She claimed that the president suspended her pending the finalisation of a parliamentary enquiry into her fitness to hold office. He pointed out that while the Section 194 Committee, which held the enquiry into Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office, had adopted its report, the proceedings that were initiated by the committee would be finalised either when the National Assembly does not adopt a resolution calling for her removal from office, or if the National Assembly does adopt such a resolution and the president acts in terms of Section 194 of the Constitution.
A two-thirds majority is required for her removal, which will likely be achieved as the ANC, DA, IFP, FF Plus and the African Christian Democratic Party are in support.News24 previously reported that the Section 194 Committee adopted a final report recommending to the National Assembly that Mkhwebane be removed from office.
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