Seriti Commission process 'flawed' - lawyers tell court
11 June 2019
The process of the Seriti Commission, which found that there was no evidence of corruption in the "arms deal", was flawed, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday.
"We know that there is a constitutional obligation to combat corruption and to combat it, is to expose it.
"The commission was set up to find out if corrupt activities took place in the arms deal and found that there was none. However, the commission did not investigate properly," advocate Geoff Budlender, SC, argued on behalf of organisations Right 2 Know (R2K) and Corruption Watch (CW).
The two civil society groups are challenging the findings of the commission, which was set up by former president Jacob Zuma in September 2011.