Johnathan Paoli
DA Chief whip Siviwe Gwarube has called for National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and NCOP chairperson Amos Masondo to be investigated over the exorbitant salary paid to Parliament secretary, Xolile George on Monday.
It was alleged in a Sunday newspaper that George earned an inflated salary of R4.4 million per annum when his salary should have been capped at R2.6 million.
Gwarube said the DA would be lodging an urgent complaint with the Powers and Privileges Committee to investigate the Executive Authority for the breach of their oath of office and the betrayal of the principles of transparency and accountability.
There were glaring breaches of the Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics for Members of the Executive Authority and the responsibility for the financial management of Parliament by both Mapisa-Nqakula and Masondo, Gwarube said.
“They have violated the trust that is placed on them to act in the
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