By Johnathan Paoli
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu came under renewed scrutiny in Parliament on Wednesday, but MPs appeared reluctant to make a hard finding of corruption against him, saying allegations linking him to Brown Mogotsi and alleged criminal syndicates remained unproven.
The matter was raised during the ad hoc committee’s deliberations on the alleged capture of the criminal justice system, where ANC MP Mdumiseni Ntuli said the committee’s draft report should avoid conclusions not backed by sufficient evidence, even where questions remained over the limits of ministerial powers.
He said, however, that Mchunu had exceeded his legal authority in relation to the controversial disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team.
“The minister, in my view, misconstrued his powers as there was no empowering provision in law that gave him the authority to unilaterally decide that the post should not be filled,” he said.
But Ntuli also said the report
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