PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa gave Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane 10 days to provide reasons why he shouldn’t suspend her, bringing to a head a four-year battle with the ombudsman.
The request comes after a parliamentary committee this week said it will proceed with a motion to impeach Mkhwebane on grounds of misconduct, incapacity and misconduct.
Presidency on Friday said this followed confirmation from the Speaker of the National Assembly that the Section 194 Committee had resolve
“It would therefore now be appropriate to consider whether or not you ought to be suspended pending finalization of the committee’s work,” Ramaphosa said in a March 17 letter to Mkhwebane.
Mkhwebane is consulting her legal advisers on the matter, she said in a statement.
Section 194(3)(a) of the Constitution states that the President may “suspend a [Public Protector, Auditor-General or a member of a Commission established in terms of Chapter 9 of the Constitution]
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