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ActionSA provincial Chairperson for KZN, Zwakele Mncwango, with party President, Herman Mashaba.
ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) says it does not support President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to establish a judicial commission of inquiry to probe allegations of corruption in the police.
The commission will investigate allegations related to criminal syndicates’ infiltration of institutions in the criminal justice system.
This after KZN Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged that senior police officials, including Minister Senzo Mchunu were corrupt, had links to criminal syndicates and interfered with police operations.
ActionSA provincial chairperson, Zwakele Mncwango says commissions of inquiry result in wasteful expenditure as they do not lead to prosecutions.
“The commissions have become really a waste of money and state resources, while the country struggles financially and economically. We know about the Zondo Commission and other commissions where reports were drafted and the President, even Previous presidents have received these commissions’ reports and do nothing about them.
That’s why we’ve been saying these commissions are just a waste of money. Also, we believe criminals must be treated like any other criminals, why must there be commissions of enquiry?”
Mncwango says they are also against the appointment of a new acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, whilst Mchunu is on a leave of absence. He says deputy ministers are supposed to fill those gaps.
“What the President has done was to confirm what we have been saying as ActionSA, there’s no need for deputy ministers. One of the reasons why we didn’t join the government of national unity (GNU) is because we couldn’t agree with the ANC about deputy ministers and cutting down the cabinet.
We still insist we are not going to join the GNU until we cut deputy ministers. Yesterday exactly what we have been saying was proven: we have two deputy ministers under the Police Department and the President cannot appoint one of them to take over or act while the minister is on leave or on holiday.”
