Johnathan Paoli
WHILE the EFF has welcomed the Parliamentary investigation clearing leader Julius Malema from any involvement in the VBS matter; it has criticised the conclusion reached that its deputy president Floyd Shivambu received a donation, saying that it was a loan and thus not required to be declared.
The Red Berets released a media statement on Monday night, following a finding by the Committee that Shivambu had in fact crossed ethical lines by not declaring three donations and recommended a salary cut of 9 days.
The party called the conclusion utterly false and not a reflection of reality and said that it intends to take parliament to court to overturn the ‘committee’s irrational and opportunistic conclusion and sanction’.
“It is not in the powers of a Joint Committee to dispute the loans between people even when they have demonstrated beyond any sensible doubt that they had loaned each other
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