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ANC Statement, 25 August 2014 The Public Protector's Claim The ANC find the claim of the Public Protector that the letter to President Zuma was leaked by a senior ANC leader to be preposterous and outrageous. We call on the Public Protector to reveal the senior ANC leader who leaked her disputed letter to the media. Her accusation suggests that she is in the know of who is behind the leakage and we view this in serious light. It is interesting that almost all investigations conducted by the Public Protector are prematurely leaked to the media and not once has she taken responsibility. The consistency of these leakages suggests that it is a ploy by the Public Protector's Office to test public opinion or response before releasing her reports. Often the leaked reports are explained as incomplete which suggests that it is her office that can leak them. The Public Protector always portrays herself as a victim when reports find a way to the media. This conduct erodes public confidence in the Office of the Public Protector and the consistency undermines the expectation of confidentiality expected from public entities who are entrusted with public's trust. The unfortunate nature of these leakages is that they may have a negative impact on the public image of those investigated even before they themselves can be appraised of the preliminary findings. We are hopeful that the Public Protector will expose those individuals behind the leakages to restore respect and confidence in the Office of the Public Protector. Her failure to do can only confirm our fears that her office is responsible for these confidence eroding leakages. Issued by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli House 54 Sauer Street Johannesburg Enquiries: Keith Khoza, 082 823 9672 Khusela Sangoni, +27 (72) 854 5707 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
