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Parliament rushes to complete outstanding work before term ends

Source: EWN, 02/01/2019

The inquiry of the Home Affairs Committee stalled late last year,
over an unavailable witness that is now being summoned to appear.
Ashu Chawla played an integral role in facilitating visas and permits
for the Gupta family and their employees.
He was also an accused in the Estina Dairy farm matter but returned
to India while out on bail.
With that case now withdrawn, itâ€™s making it even harder for
Parliament to get him to appear.
Home Affairs committee chairperson Hlomane Chauke said: â€œThereâ€™s no
way that we canâ€™t get accountability. We respect the fact that
lawyers represent him, but the way these lawyers are treating us is
not in the best of interests of the country and what we are trying to
achieve.â€
The former director-general Mkuseli Apleni is also still due to
return to the committee to give further evidence.
Former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba resigned only a month
after testifying before the inquiry, but Chauke says he could be
asked to return once the committee has heard from Chawla.

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