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President Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency was prepared by a "free campaign," the presidency said on Saturday, saying disclosure of confidential banking information about lenders was an invasion of privacy.
"The selective dissemination of this bank information is clearly intended to annoy the president and follows the recent report of the Protecteur du citoyen, in which the focus was on the financing of the CR17 campaign," said the spokesman. Khusela Diko in a statement.
She added that the information disclosed to the media, which is supposed to be held only by the Office of the Public Protector, includes third-party bank statements, which record private transactions and which are strictly confidential.
"The Presidency notes with deep concern what constitutes a violation of the right to privacy enshrined in the Constitution, which is all the more disturbing as it seems clear that this information has been obtained illegally since then. the beginning."
Diko repeated that the legal representatives of Ramaphosa had contacted the courts to seal certain documents contained in the Bosasa report of Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
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Ramaphosa, through the letter of a lawyer from Harris Nupen Molebatsi Inc., which News24 has seen, said that certain bank statements in his report contained confidential information belonging to third parties.
The documents submitted Thursday by the president's lawyers suggest that some of the bank statements may have been obtained illegally.
Diko said on Saturday that Ramaphosa's application was pending a decision on whether the information had been obtained legally and whether it had been legally provided in connection with the complaint being lodged. # 39; investigation.
Request be granted
"It should be noted that, if the application is granted, nothing prevents the court from ruling, once it has established the legality of the source of the documents and the merits of its inclusion in the file, that all or part of the information must be made public. "
She said neither the president nor the campaign had done anything wrong, either ethically or legally.
"It is a common and accepted practice in South Africa and around the world that parties and candidates raise funds from donors for campaigns." From the beginning, the CR17 campaign team and the candidate agreed that this campaign should be clean and conducted within the necessary legal requirements and consistent with the values and principles of their organization, "said Diko.
No special favors or undue advantage
She stated that it was agreed that the campaign would raise funds from individuals who would support efforts to restore the integrity and cohesion of the ANC and hand over Africa's South on the path of growth and transformation, with a clear understanding that their contribution would be beneficial. do not earn them special favors or undue advantage.
"The funds were collected from a large sample of South African society, sometimes with the help of supportive people having access to various networks.More than a hundred people have contributed to the campaign according to their means.The donations were paid on a confidential basis, "said Diko.
"As the President indicated in his response to the Public Protector's notice under section 7 (9) and in his founding affidavit, the funds were used to fund various campaign activities, including mobilization, communication, research., security, administration, logistical support (travel and accommodation) as well as stipends and salaries, as well as funds for coordinators in the provinces of South Africa.
"The coordinators used these funds to organize meetings and gatherings, organize the transport of people, rent sites, provide accommodation, etc. The president badured the South African public that the CR17 was organized as a clean campaign and in the spirit of some of the rich democratic traditions of this country – namely responsibility, honesty and integrity, "said Diko.
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Meanwhile, the Mkhwebane office says its report is above all else.
"The PP [ Public Protector] conducted the survey by the book. There was no [un]legal activity, "Mukwebane spokesperson Oupa Segalwe told News24 on Friday.
Once filed in court, the documents become public information that would be accessible to everyone, said Segalwe.
News24 revealed last weekend that emails emanating from the CR17 campaign had revealed that Ramaphosa had been consulted by his campaign directors on some potential donors, despite the systematic denial that he had participated in the fundraising efforts of the campaign.
The e-mails obtained by News24 were part of Mkhwebane's report on complaints from the AD and EFF regarding Ramaphosa's response to DA leader Mmusi Maimane in Parliament in November 2018.
Maimane asked about the alleged payment to the son of the president, Andile, of Bosasa, accused of corruption.
But it turned out that the payment mentioned by Maimane was in fact a donation to the CR17 campaign of Bosasa's general manager, Gavin Watson – which Ramaphosa himself revealed in a letter to the Speaker of Parliament.
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