No action taken against Yengeni
THE ANC integrity commission has let national executive committee member Tony Yengeni off the hook after his drink-driving conviction.
Commission chairman Andrew Mlangeni said Yengeni had received a warning after being charged‚ but there would be no further action following his conviction in the Cape Town court last week.
Yengeni was arrested in Green Point in 2013 while five times over the legal alcohol limit.
Throughout his case‚ he argued that his arrest and prosecution were politically motivated and that he had had only two sips of traditional African beer.
Mlangeni said yesterday: “He has appeared before us in the past, but we are not going to ask him to appear again. “We are leaving it to the ANC leadership.” He said the commission would intervene only if asked to do so by the party leadership.
The commission is empowered to summon anyone whose conduct might be regarded as having brought the ANC into disrepute.
It has summoned powerful leaders‚ including suspended Western Cape chairman Marius Fransman and even President Jacob Zuma.
Last week‚ ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said he would not comment until the leadership had spoken to Yengeni‚ and spokesman Zizi Kodwa said on Monday the meeting had not yet taken place.