Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A “Kangaroo Court”

CCC
spokesperson
Willias
Madzimure
confirmed
that
Tshabangu
was
found
guilty
on
all
four
charges
presented
during
the
hearing.

However,
Tshabangu’s
camp
swiftly
dismissed
the
expulsion,
claiming
the
process
was
flawed
and
lacked
transparency.

His
spokesperson,
Nqobizitha
Mlilo,
told CITE that
the
disciplinary
hearing
was
illegitimate
and
questioned
its
fairness.
He
said:

This
is
a
rather
strange
process.
In
any
disciplinary
hearing
where
the
accused
is
found
guilty,
two
things
must
happen:
the
disciplinary
committee
must
deliver
a
reasoned
judgment
outlining
the
facts
and
legal
basis
of
the
decision,
and
the
guilty
party
must
be
given
an
opportunity
to
present
mitigating
arguments
before
sentencing.

Mlilo
argued
that
a
prosecutor
should
then
present
arguments
for
a
harsher
sentence
if
warranted.
He
added:

Only
after
these
steps
does
the
disciplinary
committee
hand
down
a
sentence
in
a
reasoned
judgment.
It
is
certainly
not
done
through
a
press
statement.

Senator
Tshabangu
has
not
received
a
reasoned
judgment.
The
standard
processes
of
mitigation
and
aggravation
of
sentences
did
not
take
place
and
clearly
will
not.

When
we
say
this
disciplinary
hearing
was
a
sham
and
a
kangaroo
court,
this
is
exactly
what
we
mean.

Put
simply,
the
statement
made
by
Mr.
Madzimure
is
not
worth
a
yawn.
Senator
Tshabangu
has
better
things
to
do
with
his
time
than
to
play
marbles
with
argumentative
busybodies.