Sep. 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The South African Parliament on Wednesday rejected a request by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to approve the creation of an independent parliamentary committee with the aim of investigating the robbery of the hunting farm of former President Cyril Ramaphosa.
“The ANC in Parliament has once again failed in its constitutional obligations in shielding President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet from accountability and scrutiny regarding the alleged abuse of public resources and institutions on his game farm.” , said the spokesman for the AD, Cilliers Brink.
In this sense, from the main opposition party they have pointed out that Congress “has not learned the lessons of the last decade, but rather continues to empty Parliament to protect many in its ranks from accountability.”
“It is truly a sad day in our democracy when a logical motion intended to allow members of parliament to do their job is shot down due to narrow political interests,” he concluded.
The former head of the state security agency Arthur Fraser filed charges against Ramaphosa, considering that the case had not been thoroughly investigated and that the former president could be an accomplice in the robbery, which took place in 2020 on his Limpopo farm.
The authors of the robbery would have taken more than 600,000 dollars (about 616,000 euros) that were hidden in a closet and not 4 million dollars (4.1 million euros). Ramaphosa, who has refused to answer questions about the incident, has insisted on his innocence and has stressed that all the money came from the sale of animals.
Specifically, the money came from the sale of a buffalo to a Dubai buyer who has not been identified. Fraser’s accusations have raised controversy given the possibility that the former president has violated the country’s tax laws.
