Phuti Mosomane
Parliament has agreed to recommend Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka as the new Public Protector of South Africa to replace Busisiwe Mkhwebane who was fired a few weeks ago.
Gcaleka received 244 votes from those in favour while those who opposed her recommendation were only 12 while the DA chose to stage a walkout.
This number, however, gave the ANC the 60% threshold required with the support of several smaller parties including the IFP, NFP, and the Good Party.
The DA walked out of the National Assembly because of what it said was Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s inability to apply the rules fairly to all members and citing Section 193 (4).
The official opposition party accused Nqakula’s of failure to “correctly interpret the rules of the House, and thus stifling the necessary debate and scrutiny afforded to all members during this crucial vote to elect a senior Chapter 9 Institution office-bearer,
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