Mbasa Gqokoma
15 October 2015
In a statement issued, Western
Cape MEC of Community Safety, Dan Plato says, the suspension of National Police
Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, must not have a destabilising impact on policing on
the ground.
Plato says, Phiyega’s suspension,
coupled with the suspension of Western Cape Police Comissioner Arnor Lamoer,
and several senior SAPS officers in this province, means that stability is
needed especially in the Western Cape.
Spokesperson for MEC Plato,
Ewald Both says “Minister Plato has confidence in Major General Phathekile and
the men and women in blue serving our communities. Plato calls on national SAPS
management to ensure that’s SAPS officers on the ground and their communities
are safe.”
Meanwhile, the Congress of the
People condemns the manner in which the Presidency handled the timing of
National police commissioner.
COPE spokesperson, Dennis
Bloem says, it was common knowledge that Phiyega was appearing before the
Portfolio Committee in parliament, and that the announcement could have waited
until the end of the meeting. Bloem says “We are saying that even if the Commissioner
was about to be suspended, it must be done in a professional way and not
humiliate her in that way.”
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