New Age2.png MKMVA says Gordhan must uphold the law Canny Maphanga, The New Age, Johannesburg, 30 August 2016 Pressure is mounting on embattled Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to comply with a request from the Hawks for a meeting on the alleged spy unit in the SA Revenue Services (SARS). Yesterday, the Umkhonto we Sizwe Miltary Veterans Association (MKMVA) Kebby Maphatsoe, speaking at a briefing in Johannesburg, said that Gordhan must uphold the rule of law. He said: "The National Treasury has not been captured, all departments account to the president. If Gordhan has nothing to hide then he should be able to submit himself to the state institution that is the Hawks." The MKMVA leader also urged Gordhan to emulate the conduct of late president Nelson Mandela when it came to respecting the laws of the country. Kebby and Des.jpg "Gordhan must follow the example of great leaders like Mandela who have also been subjected to state institutions like the Hawks" he said. The MKMVA described Gordhan's actions and behaviour as "malicious" and laced with a hidden political agenda. The MKMVA treasurer general Des van Rooyen says the probe into Gordhan had nothing to do with President Jacob Zuma. He said: "These investigations started when Gordhan was SARS commissioner and his actions then." Van Rooyen also questioned Gordhan's motives for running to the media first with statements. "Why seek sympathy points by running to the media? An investigation has been done and questions need to be answered, now anyone who needs to answer these questions must subject himself. Go and answer The Hawks on the allegations, not the media," Van Rooyen said. Maphatsoe also came to the defence of Zuma. He said the Hawks probe must not be treated as a political agenda. He said the "state-capture" agenda that Zuma was embroiled in, stemmed from those who "don't want the ANC to transform the economy of this country". "Is finance or treasury different from any other department? Because all departments must account to the president," Maphatsoe said. Maphatsoe said all are equal before the law and must be treated as such. <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] From: <http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/30082016/epaperpdf/4.pdf> http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/30082016/epaperpdf/4.pdf __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14039 (20160830) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d20281%24ea7e2ce0%24bf7a86a0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
