DA pede suspensão preventiva do administrador municipal de Ekurhuleni

A Aliança Democrática solicitou a suspensão preventiva do administrador municipal de Ekurhuleni, Kagiso Lerutla, que enfrenta acusações de fraude e corrupção e tem retorno previsto após licença especial para a próxima segunda-feira.

A Aliança Democrática solicitou a suspensão preventiva do administrador municipal de Ekurhuleni, Kagiso Lerutla. Lerutla está em licença especial desde abril e deve retomar suas funções na segunda-feira.

Lerutla e o subchefe suspenso do EMPD, Julius Mkhwanazi, enfrentam acusações de fraude, corrupção e obstrução da justiça. As acusações referem-se a um incidente de 2019 em que Lerutla teria arranjado uma pessoa para se passar por ele em uma audiência judicial referente a uma infração por excesso de velocidade. O Estado alega que Lerutla pagou R200.000 a Mkhwanazi e ao impostor para cada um.

O deputado da DA, Michael Bagraim, afirmou que o processo envolve a coleta de evidências de um caso prima facie e a avaliação dos riscos de retornar ao cargo alguém que tenha acesso a fundos públicos.

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