{"id":79644,"date":"2016-10-11T16:23:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/van-der-merwe-associates-releases-letter-on-behalf-of-mr-ajay-gupta-requesting-the-public-protector-follows-proper-process\/"},"modified":"2016-10-11T16:23:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:23:16","slug":"van-der-merwe-associates-releases-letter-on-behalf-of-mr-ajay-gupta-requesting-the-public-protector-follows-proper-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/van-der-merwe-associates-releases-letter-on-behalf-of-mr-ajay-gupta-requesting-the-public-protector-follows-proper-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Der Merwe Associates releases letter on behalf of Mr. Ajay Gupta requesting the Public Protector follows proper process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/van-der-merwe-associates-releases-letter-on-behalf-of-mr-ajay-gupta-requesting-the-public-protector-follows-proper-process?lang=en\">Van Der Merwe Associates releases letter on behalf of Mr. Ajay Gupta requesting the Public Protector follows proper process<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>Van Der Merwe Associates has released a letter on behalf of Mr. Ajay Gupta addressed to the Public Protector. Highlights include:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There has been full, proactive cooperation by Mr. Ajay Gupta with the Public Protector&rsquo;s investigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:18.0pt;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Mr Ajay Gupta&rsquo;s evidence was given at his\/his lawyer&rsquo;s initiative &ndash; not the Public Protector&rsquo;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a significant anomaly: an investigation into the President, that involves and implicates the Gupta Family, didn&rsquo;t even subpoena the Gupta brothers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Public Protector&rsquo;s Act clearly allows the questioning and cross-examination of witnesses who have given evidence before the Public Protector, and which is in Mr. Gupta&rsquo;s rights. The Public Protector ignored this request and entitlement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Public Protector still hasn&rsquo;t provided a transcript of the interview with Mr. Ajay Gupta and Mr. Gupta was within his rights when this was requested<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. Gupta&rsquo;s lawyer argues that the conduct of the Public Protector creates the impression that the Public Protector&rsquo;s Office had a clear, pre-determined view of how its report would look and evidence gathered was window dressing for a decision reached long before Mr. Gupta&rsquo;s version was heard or the Public Protector&rsquo;s version could be tested<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Public Protector&rsquo;s Office has ignored the Act responsible for its very existence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Any Report issued cannot be in good faith, and rather is an attempt to publicise Advocate Madonsela&rsquo;s own views<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The publicising of this letter is not an attempt to threaten or intimidate the Public Protector &ndash; instead it comes out of despair at the lack of proper process being followed &ndash; and the contravention of the Public Protector&rsquo;s own Act &#8211; in an investigation of the utmost importance.<\/p>\n<p>Download the letter:&nbsp;http:\/\/APO.af\/KUsmrj<\/p>\n<p> <i>Distributed by APO on behalf of The Gupta family.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes to Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact:&nbsp;contact@guptafamily.co.za &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/f528abc7e4789d9\/200\/70\" alt=\"The Gupta family\"\/><br \/>Download logo<\/p>\n<p><b>Multimedia content<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Document: Download the letter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/van-der-merwe-associates-releases-letter-on-behalf-of-mr-ajay-gupta-requesting-the-public-protector-follows-proper-process?lang=en\">APO &#8211; Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Der Merwe Associates releases letter on behalf of Mr. Ajay Gupta requesting the Public Protector follows proper process: Van Der Merwe Associates has released a letter on behalf of Mr. Ajay Gupta addressed to the Public Protector. 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