THE Democratic Alliance has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to instruct the Minister of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu to retract and issue a public apology for undermining the judiciary and casting aspersions on its integrity in a recent opinion piece.
The party said it would also call on the minister to appear before Parliament’s Ethics Committee where she will be asked to explain how, as a Member of Parliament, she reconciles her “attack” on the Judiciary with the Parliamentary Code of Conduct.
Sisulu’s opinion piece was published in IOL at the end of last week, questioning the rule of law in the country.
Steenhuisen said Sisulu’s divisive and race-baiting op-ed on the judiciary means that she has violated her oath and undermined the constitutional principle of separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.
“Even if no formal finding of wrongdoing has been made on Sisulu’s remarks, President Ramaphosa has
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