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Masuku called on law enforcement agencies not to substitute populism for principles.
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku. Image: @ BandileMasuku / Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – A confrontation is looming between Bandile Masuku of the Gauteng Health MEC and the Special Investigation Unit (SIU).
Gauteng Prime Minister David Makhura fired Masuku on Friday following the findings of an SIU investigation that he failed to comply with the Constitution and regulations contained in the Public Finance Management Act during the COVID acquisition processes. -19.
In a statement, Masuku said that it is clear to him that “the SIU is under extreme pressure for legitimate public protest against corruption and the need to ensure accountability, or is deliberately involved in politics for purposes that have yet to be realized. have established”.
He appealed to law enforcement agencies not to substitute populism for principles and they should never abandon the ancient principle: ‘fiat justitia ruat caelum’: that justice be done even if the heavens fall.
The removed MEC said that elementary errors cannot be justified.
Masuku fired his first salvo and his lawyers published a forensic report clearing him of all the wrongdoing.
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