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President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS
On the ANC leaders accused of corruption, Ramaphosa said it was an ANC matter.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the publication of the bank accounts of the donors who financed the CR17 campaign is out of his hands.
The president was answering questions from deputies in the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema asked Ramaphosa: “If your insistence on fighting the Public Protector in court, to seal the bank statements of the accounts of people who contributed to your campaign to be elected president of your political organization, undermines the government’s fight against rampant corruption, if not not set a precedent for corrupt people to use the courts to seal bank statements with questionable transactions; If so, shouldn’t the importance of transparency be demonstrated by allowing bank statements to show that you have nothing to hide? “
In response, Ramaphosa said that the Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) had consistently opposed the release of the documents because donors had not been asked for permission.
“Only the FIC can allow these documents to be made public. The bank statements in question are from accounts over which I have no control. They belong to private entities and companies that I do not control and whose internal financial affairs are protected by the privacy laws of the country. Therefore, it is not in my power to make any of them public. ”
The president further said there was no rule for disclosure of donations for party leadership contests.
“There is no evidence of corruption or any other form of misconduct in relation to these documents or to the CR17 campaign. There are no rules or regulations for the disclosure of donations for internal party leadership contests, nor is there a provision for disclosure of such information in the executive code of ethics, ”he said.
On the ANC leaders accused of corruption, Ramaphosa said it was an ANC matter.
“The issue of ANC leaders is a matter that is handled by the ANC,” Ramaphosa said.
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