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File Image: Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan.
Forensic private investigator Paul O’Sullivan says he will not testify before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee looking into concerns around national security unless he is allowed to do so virtually.
O’Sullivan says he left South Africa on pre-planned business trips to Cyprus, Ireland, the United Kingdom and France, and insists that he will not be in the country until the end of February.
The deadline of the committee is February 20.
This is a second extension as the initial deadline was the end of October, which was extended to the end of November.
O’Sullivan says his travel was arranged long before his request to testify virtually.
He confirms that he has already submitted his written evidence to Parliament. He accuses some Members of Parliament (MPs) of wrongly believing citizens are subservient to them, insisting that Parliament is accountable to the Constitution and the public.
He also criticises what he calls “scope creep” by the committee, warning that he will not allow it to overstep its mandate.
O’Sullivan says if virtual testimony is denied, he simply will not testify. – Reporting by Mkhokheli Bandla
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