By Johnathan Paoli
The ad hoc committee investigating allegations of police corruption will ask National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to intervene after the intelligence oversight committee failed to respond to a request for access to a report they say may be central to their inquiry.
The MPs said during a virtual meeting on Thursday night that the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence’s (JSCI) continued silence had raised suspicions that information may be concealed.
The committee submitted a formal request last month to view a report prepared by suspended Inspector-General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel.
Committee chairperson Soviet Lekganyane criticised the JSCI for failing to acknowledge the request, saying its silence was undermining the work of the ad hoc committee.
“We wrote to the JSCI last month, and up to today, the JSCI has not responded to us. I cannot be undermined as the chair of this committee. The JSCI, if it’s
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