La DA solicita la suspensión preventiva del administrador municipal de Ekurhuleni

La Alianza Democrática ha instado a la suspensión preventiva del administrador municipal de Ekurhuleni, Kagiso Lerutla, quien enfrenta cargos por fraude y corrupción y tiene previsto regresar de su permiso especial este lunes.

La Alianza Democrática ha solicitado la suspensión preventiva del administrador municipal de Ekurhuleni, Kagiso Lerutla. Lerutla ha estado en permiso especial desde abril y tiene previsto retomar sus funciones el lunes.

Lerutla y el subjefe suspendido de la EMPD, Julius Mkhwanazi, enfrentan cargos de fraude, corrupción y obstrucción a la justicia. Los cargos están relacionados con un incidente ocurrido en 2019, en el que Lerutla presuntamente hizo que alguien se hiciera pasar por él en una comparecencia judicial por una infracción de exceso de velocidad. El Estado sostiene que Lerutla pagó 200 000 rands a Mkhwanazi y al suplantador a cada uno.

El diputado de la DA, Michael Bagraim, señaló que el proceso implica la recopilación de pruebas de un caso prima facie y la evaluación de los riesgos que supone devolver a su puesto a una persona con acceso a fondos públicos.

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