ID’s reaction on Selebi’s warrant of arrest

By Ilhaam Hoosain
28 September 2007

Independent Democrats President, Patricia de Lille says that the speculation about why the Director of National Public Prosecutions, Vusi Pikoli was suspended could be reaching an end, now that everybody has heard that a warrant of arrest has been issued for Police Commissioner, Jackie Selebi.

“The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to come together. In terms of the National Prosecuting Act, Vusi Pikoli, as the National Director of Public Prosecutions does not need to consult the Minister of Justice,” says De Lille.

De Lille adds that if one of the reasons for his suspension is due to Pikoli discussing Selebi’s looming arrest with Mabandla, then the supposed inquiry must proceed, so that the reason for the ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of the relationship between Pikoli and Mabandla and what led up to it, can be known.

“The National Prosecuting Authority has the right to prosecute anyone because we are all equal before the law, regardless of our status or position,” says De Lille.