The Ad Hoc Committee considering and reporting on the recommendations contained in Public Protector Report no.13 of 2013/14 is requesting a formal written response from the Auditor-General on the transaction by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) into the lease of the Riverside Office Park and the Menlyn Corporate Park to accommodate the head offices of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The committee has also decided that it would like to receive a written response from Adv. Pansy Tlakula to satisfy the requirements of the audi alteram partem rule (to hear the other side). The committee has also requested the previous Commission appear before it as there are some questions about the manner in which they initially agreed to the lease of the Menlyn Corporate Park.
The Committee also wants a legal opinion from Parliament’s legal advisors on the jurisdiction of the Electoral Court as the Committee has seen that when all this happened Adv. Pansy Tlakula was neither the Chairperson nor a Commissioner of the IEC at the time, but was the Chief Executive Officer.
The Committee is also questioning its mandate in terms of the motion agreed to by the National Assembly and would like some clarity on that from Parliament’s legal advisors. The Committee would also like a legal opinion on how far the Committee and the National Assembly can deal with the Public Protector’s Report or with any other Chapter 9 institution and their findings.
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Faith Kwaza, Parliamentary Communication Services
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