Emeritus Professor Pieter Labuschagne, a law expert at Unisa, warns that South Africa has entered dangerous territory after the ANC government claimed ultra constitutional powers for itself amidst the Chinese CCP virus pandemic.
Labuschagne says the government CCP virus “command council” has claimed such super status for itself that the participants of that council, which is of course led by Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Jacob Zuma’s ex wife, regard themselves as above accountability and transparency.
Did anyone ever consider that this CCP virus command council will want to draw out the lockdown because the Courts and Zondo commission of enquiry into State Capture cant sit during such a lockdown? Jacob Zuma is an accused in front of both the Court and Zondo commission remember? Labuschagne says article 9 (2) of the Constitution says members of the Cabinet are individually and collectively accountable to Parliament which is supposed to represent the citizens of the country. At least in theory they are supposed to.
Labuschagne says the cabinet has now delegated its authority and powers to a shadowy command council with super status and which is not under supervision of anyone, not even Parliament. This would of course be totally unconstitutional.
Labuschagne says the command council even refuses to release its minutes.
The previous Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, has also written an opinion piece in the News24 in which she says the Disaster Management Act does not make provision for the suspension of Parliament’s supervisory role. She also criticized the fact that Parliament does not currently play a supervisory role in the CCP virus command council led by NDZ.
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