Juniour Khumalo | City Press | 07 February 2018 | In the face of the state’s failure to pursue economic crimes by business and political elites, Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg played host to day four of the people’s economic tribunal on economic crime on Tuesday.
The focus of the day was the failures of the Seriti Commission, which investigated dealings during the 1999 arms deal saga.
The commission “was unable to critically compare evidence” as it refused to engage with evidence of corruption that is in the public domain, according to Basetsana Molebatsi, attorney at Harris Nupen Molebatsi which represents the Right2Know Campagin.
This led to a “one-sided process”, she said.
Molebatsi expressed that should this tribunal achieve anything, it should be to convince the public that the findings of the Seriti Commission ought to be “set aside as there were flaws in its approach”.
Source: City Press via News24.com
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