The Inkatha Freedom Party is astounded by the level of this government’s incompetence and janus-faced duplicity in the wake of the recent re-instatement of Brian Molefe as Eskom Chief Executive.
IFP spokesperson on Public Enterprises, Mr Narend Singh, MP, said,” This matter beggars all belief! Molefe has an extremely chequered and compromised past as Eskom CEO with Minister Lynne Brown even calling for a commission of inquiry into the parastatal’s dubious relations with Gupta’s and their coal mining operation Tegeta, which had not complied with any of Eskom’s supply chain management principles. This reportedly led to ESKOM being overcharged by millions of rand’s on coal supplies,”
“That the Eskom Board and the Minister could even have considered his reinstatement as CEO as a solution when not finding an agreed upon pension amount is preposterous! The discussion should not be centred around remuneration but rather about his accountability to the parastatal for all of the suspect transactions that have transpired under his watch,”
“This government appears to be losing all sense of reason, logic and rationality. The Rule of law which is a founding provision of our Constitution is clearly under siege by this government,”
“In the circumstances I will be writing to the Speaker of the National Assembly today and request that parliament appoint an Ad Hoc Committee of Inquiry into Eskom and the fitness of Mr Molefe to hold office as CEO at the parastatal. Parliament must hold this government to account in respect of the policies and actions being taken at Eskom,” concluded Singh, MP.
Contact:
Mr Narend Singh, MP
IFP Spokesperson on Public Enterprises
083 788 5954
IFP Media, Parliament