The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) said it is “perplexed” that Public Protector Thuli Mandonsela’s probe into state capture “seems to have focused on the executive only”.
It also called into question how Treasury “has…found money from somewhere to fund a probe of state capture” after “her office indicated that it ran out of funds to process outstanding cases”.
The league said that its national executive committee had “robustly deliberated on the doubtful investigation of the state capture” and the “investigation itself and the rate at which this investigation is been conducted calls for concern”.
“Be that as it may‚ the NEC is equally perplexed as to what exactly is this Mandosela investigation given the fact that‚ a state is characterised in three spheres which is judiciary‚ legislature and executive‚” it said.
“The investigation however seems to have focused on the executive only.
“The question posed now is that‚ is Mandonsela going to investigate the likes of judiciary‚ and the parliament in the process. We therefore demand answers from the public protector and appeal to her not to use our own institutions to please her alleged handlers.”
The “handlers” are alleged to be the US Central Intelligence Agency.
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