Johnathan Paoli
The process to find a new Deputy Public Protector has collapsed in Parliament following EFF MP and former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s refusal to recuse herself from last month’s interviews.
The justice committee on Tuesday accepted an in-house legal opinion that Mkhwebane’s relationship with two of the candidates created a perception of bias or conflict of interest, subsequently requiring the MP to recuse herself from the process.
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services commenced with deliberations on the filling of the DPP position, following interviews with seven candidates last month.
Mkhwebane has disagreed with the committee’s findings and said that her participation in the search for a new DPP was only flagged as a concern on the day of the interviews and not during the shortlisting process a month earlier.
Two candidates among the list of seven are at the centre of the contention, following the
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