EFF concerned about terms of reference guiding Parliament’s police corruption probe

CAPE TOWN - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have raised concerns over the terms of reference that will guide Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigation into police corruption.

The red berets have also called for greater transparency.

Moreover, the party wants to know how many legal professionals have been appointed to assist the committee with investigating claims of interference and corruption raised by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

Other parties like ActionSA have also written to the committee to make recommendations on its terms of reference and who should lead the evidence.

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Julius Malema said in a letter to the ad hoc committee's chairperson, Soviet Lekganyane, that the draft terms of reference that were supposed to be circulated on Tuesday were not available late on Thursday.

He said this compromised his party’s ability to prepare its submission promptly.

Malema also questioned whether the legal professionals appointed to assist the committee were sourced from within Parliament or from private practice.

Fellow opposition party ActionSA meanwhile, has already made its recommendations on the terms of reference that were supposed to be submitted by no later than Friday.

The party’s Dereleen James has proposed that the committee must consider engaging a forensic investigator to compliment the evidence leader, and to assist with the technical issues like how to deal with the classified work of crime intelligence.

The committee is expected to meet next week to finalise its terms of reference before its starts its investigation.