Ruling party will be tainted if North West police boss ‘runs away from the truth’

CONGRESS of the People wants to know whether anyone at the top had tipped off Lieutenant-General Zukiswa Mbombo about any intended action against her, as allegedly happened with Lamoer. Is this the reason why she is jumping before having to answer serious questions and possibly face serious consequences for her actions?

The unexpected announcement by the police that the North West provincial police commissioner will go on retirement on May 22 puzzles us.

Is government pre-empting the fallout and seeking proactive damage control through her sudden departure? President Zuma has alerted us to the Farlam Commission having made some very serious recommendations. Is the lieutenant-general jumping ship now so that she can save her skin and perhaps find redeployment as mayor somewhere in 2016?

The families of the 34 mineworkers, who were massacred by the police, are deserving of justice that is not manipulated in any way to mitigate the impact on those whom the Farlam Commission will implicate. To soften the blows on those who will need to take them on the chin, will show that justice is not equal.

It is common cause that Mbombo was a central figure in the Farlam Commission of Inquiry. We anticipate, from what President Zuma has let on, that she will face serious censure.

Cope believes the minister of police must delay her exit until the report is released, so that she can answer a case if the outcome of the report warrants that that must happen.

Running away from the truth will diminish Lieutenant-General Zukiswa Mbombo and the ruling party in the eyes of all. Dennis Bloem