‘Dumb & Naive’ – Tony Leon on DA’s Blind Acceptance of PP Report On Ramaphosa

Riyaz Patel

It was “dumb” and “naive” of the DA to accept the Public Protector’s report on President Cyril Ramaphosa at face value, former DA leader Tony Leon said during a lecture on the value of liberal political parties.

“It was a big mistake to accept Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report that Cyril Ramaphosa misled Parliament,” Leon said.

“I can understand that they [the DA] referred the matter to the Public Protector because they had no other option. “But to accept at face value the report from such a dishonest woman was dumb and naive,” Leon said.

In her report, Mkhwebane found that Ramaphosa was aware of the R500 000 donation from African Global Operations,