National Prosecuting Authority boss Shaun Abrahams on Wednesday told MPs he was willing to review a decision to prosecute Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan upon receipt of representations from the minister’s legal team.
Briefing Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice, Abrahams again asserted there was no interference from him or others to prosecute Gordhan and two former South African Revenue Service employees, Oupa Magashla and Ivan Pillay, on fraud charges related to the early retirement of Pillay.
“The decision to prosecute was made on a recommendation of…the special director who heads the priority crimes litigation unit in consultation with the director of prosecutions in North Gauteng,” said Abrahams.
“Now..section 179 (5) of the Constitution and section 22 (2) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act enjoins me as the national director to review the matter and to investigate representations from an accused or any other person affected, the complainant as well…I’m more than willing to review any matter if somebody applies to me to review that matter.”
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