DA will call for ad hoc committee on Phala Phala matter if panel finds Ramaphosa has no case to answer

File Picture: President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The DA will push for an ad hoc committee on Phala Phala, should the independent panel probing the matter find that President Cyril Ramaphosa has no case to answer.

The section 89 inquiry panel led by former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, former head of the Gauteng High Court Division, Judge Thokozile Masipa and advocate Mahlape Sello is expected to hand over its report to National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula tomorrow.

The panel was formed after the ATM submitted a motion of no confidence against Ramaphosa after former spy boss Arthur Fraser laid a criminal charge against the president and former head of the Presidential Protection Unit, Wally Rhoode, for allegedly kidnapping five men and a woman to reveal where they had hidden millions in foreign currency stolen from the president’s farm.

DA leader John Steenhuisen at a media conference yesterday said they were concerned that the section 89 inquiry would not fully cover the extent of the claims made against the president.

By Kuben Chetty.

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