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The ANC’s Integrity Commission (IC) has criticized President Cyril Ramaphosa for giving the impression of circling it for 18 months instead of answering questions about controversial CR17 campaign funds.
In a report dated December 21, President George Mashamba expressed the commission’s disappointment at Ramaphosa’s reluctance to discuss CR17 funds until the courts have finalized the matter.
CR17 refers to Ramaphosa’s campaign for the presidency of the ruling party in December 2017, which he narrowly won against Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
“Insisting that the legal process must be concluded to avoid appearing before the IC on the grounds that the issues are before the courts distorts the role of the IC‚ undermines the work of the IC and presents an unnecessary delay to the work of the IC ‚” he said. report.
The commission was also not impressed with the fact that Ramaphosa tried to have his legal counsel present at their meeting, which according to the commission’s terms of reference is not allowed.
Mashamba wrote that the commission first requested to meet with Ramaphosa in 2018 when the Bosasa issue and CR17 campaign funds initially came up.
Reputation and good reputation
“The IC identified this as a very important and sensitive issue for the organization, and anticipated that this would damage the reputation and good standing of the ANC,” he said.
“The use of such supposedly huge sums of money for individual leadership campaigns was a departure from the internal democratic procedures of the organization and was having a negative impact on the organization.
“Therefore, it was a great disappointment for the IC when the chairman explained to the chairman of the commission that since it was a legal matter, he did not think it was correct to discuss the CR17 campaign funds until the legal matter was finished. “
Mashamba revealed that the commission pursued the matter and made several requests, verbally and in writing, to meet with Ramaphosa over a period of 18 months.
“The CI did not like that the president especially, but also the [top six] the officials continually referred publicly to the importance of the IC and the work that was being done, but in reality there was little or no interaction ”.
According to the report, Ramaphosa finally engaged with the commission via videoconference on November 19, at the request of the IC, and with the primary purpose of soliciting and exchanging views on campaign finance for individuals seeking to occupy a position in the ANC.
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