ANC: Debate on Nkandla unhelpful
2013-03-06 22:29
Cape Town - Allowing a debate on state spending on
President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home would be like putting the cart before the
horse, ANC Chief Whip Mathole Motshekga said on Wednesday.
"This is because the matter is currently under
formal investigation and the findings have not [yet] been made," he said
in a statement.
"The investigative institutions such as the office
of the public protector, which is accountable to Parliament, must be afforded
space to do their work without undue political influence from Parliament."
Motshekga was defending a decision by the ANC to reject a
DA motion to debate Nkandla during a National Assembly sitting next week.
DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko accused the ANC
of "doing everything possible to protect President Jacob Zuma from
scrutiny on this matter".
She vowed to ask National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu to
intervene at a meeting of the Assembly programming committee on Thursday.
Motshekga said since the DA was among those who asked the
public protector to investigate the Nkandla spend, it should be patient and
wait for the facts before debating the matter.
- SAPA
