Go Glenister!
You all know about SA businessman, Hugh Glenister, right?
He was the one who started the online Scorpions petition that we all participated in, and has taken the Government to the Constitutional Court over the disbandment of the Scorpions.
Well, he is not done yet.
Yesterday, Glenister told the Cape Town Press Club his lawyers wanted to block MPs who had been implicated in the Travelgate scandal from participating in the parliamentary processing of the two bills that would ultimately disband the Scorpions.
His lawyers are currently preparing court papers to be served on hundreds of MPs.
According to IOL,Glenister will request the consent of National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to serve the papers on the MPs - who Glenister said numbered more than 200!
Yes, that is right, more then 200 MPs have been, or are presently under investigation by the Scorpions.
What an honest parliament we have hey!
No wonder the ANC is desperate to scrap the Scorpions – practically their whole caucus has felt their sting!
However, I have to say, I doubt Mbete will give Glenister her consent.
She is ANC to the bone.
She has already claimed that she has been informed that “there are in any case no members facing prosecution by the Scorpions currently participating in the process.”
Somehow I doubt this, but nevertheless, those that have been investigated by the Scorpions in the past, surely don’t have that much love for them?
Glenister's attorney has sent a letter to Mbete requesting that MPs who have been investigated by the Scorpions recuse themselves from parliamentary proceedings to consider the two bills.
"Apart from common law considerations relating to the avoidance of conflicts of interest, the parliamentary code of conduct for assembly and permanent council members demands that all members must declare any personal or private financial or business interest that such member (or any spouse, permanent companion or business partner of such member) may have in a matter before any parliamentary forum of which such member is a member, and must thereafter withdraw from the proceedings of that forum when the matter is considered (unless that forum decides that the member's interest is trivial or not relevant)," wrote Glenister's lawyer, Kevin Louis.
Of course there is a conflict of interest!
GO GLENISTER!!!!
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Anonymous:
I heard on the radio that Mo Shaik presented a speech in the hearings against the Scorpions, saying that they should be scrapped. What the hell is he commenting on that for? Of course he is biased! His name keeps popping up in the arms deal and his brother was found guilty on corruption charges. He has one real nerve!
Anonymous:
Glenister should join the DA and become a politician!
Anonymous:
Thanks Hugh for all you are doing to try and save the scorpions!
Anonymous:
If I was under criminal investigation I would too vote to have them disbabded. It is human nature to look out for oneself. I am a good person, but I think I would still try and avoid the wrath of the law if possible. This is of course not right, and the speaker should realise this.
They should not be allowed to vote. !!
Nick
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Anonymous:
THE FACT THAT SO MANY HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE SCORPIONS WILL OF COURSE BIAS THEIR DECISION. WHAT A COUNTRY WE LIVE IN! THANK GOODNESS THE EXPROPRIATION BILL WAS SHELVED, BECAUSE THE ANC WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THE LAND FOR THEMSLEVES!
USING PARLIAMENT TO PROTECT AND EMBELISH THEMSELVES!
Anonymous:
Over 200 MP's? That is an absolute disgrace. A parliament full of corrupt lazy women and men