Ramaphosa supports Gordhan against Public Protector in ‘rogue unit’ court case | News | Politics | M&G

In court papers filed on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said he was supporting Gordhan’s application to interdict Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s remedial action, including the direction that Ramaphosa take disciplinary action against Gordhan within 30 days of her report.

In her report Mkhwebane made a number of findings, including that an investigating unit of Sars established in 2007 — widely known as the “rogue unit” — was unlawfully formed and had conducted illegal intelligence gathering operations.Gordhan wants the report set aside by court and in the interim, has asked the court to urgently interdict her remedial action.

Gordhan and Mkhwebane are also embroiled in another separate court battle over an earlier report, concerning the early pension payout to former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay. There is also the connected, but separate, court application by Ramaphosa about the remedial action directed in the pension payout report, with the president asking the court to declare that he has complied with her remedial action.On Monday, Pillay filed papers in the case, indicating that he would also be seeking to review it. The Economic Freedom Fighters have sought to intervene in it.

“In the circumstances, I respectfully submit that it would be premature for me to attempt to take “appropriate disciplinary” action against Minister Gordhan while the principle review application is still pending,” Ramaphosa said.

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