Die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit het \u2019n maand nadat bewerings van korrupsie teen sy eerste burger deur opposisiepartye aan die lig gebring is, onafhanklike ondersoekers aangestel om di\u00e9 aantygings te ondersoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die ondersoek spruit uit aantygings deur die GOOD-party dat Conrad Poole, die munisipaliteit se uitvoerende burgemeester, en sy burgemeesterskomitee, by onregmatige transaksies betrek word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die party bestempel dit as \u2019n \u201cbetaal-vir-werk-skema\u201d en kon nie by navraag enige burgemeesterskomitee\u00adlede wat by die bewerings betrek word, identifiseer nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op verlede maand se raadsvergadering het die vonke behoorlik gespat toe opposisie-partye die vergadering ontwrig en ge\u00ebis het dat Poole vir di\u00e9 bewerings moet pa staan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koos le Roux, die raad se Speaker, het by navraag aan Paarl Post <\/i>ges\u00ea die bewerings is aanvanklik op 16 Augustus reeds onder sy kantoor se aandag gebring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c \u2019n Regsfirma is Vrydag (15 September) oor die ondersoek ingelig. Die aanstelling van die onafhanklike ondersoekers spruit uit my konsultasie om te kon bepaal of daar redelike vermoede is dat die munisipaliteit se gedragskode vir raadslede oortree is,\u201d s\u00ea Le Roux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea die ondersoekers het 30 dae om die bewerings na te gaan, waarna \u2019n volledige verslag aan die raad voorgel\u00ea sal word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die verwagting is dat Poole en enige ander amptenare wat by die ondersoek se bevindinge betrek sou word, \u2019n geleentheid gegun sal word om hul saak op \u2019n sitting aan die raad te stel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Le Roux is daar nie enige beleid wat vereis dat Poole uit sy amp verwyder moet word terwyl die ondersoek aan die gang is nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tertuis Simmers, die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir infrastruktuur en \u2019n lid van die DA in die provinsie, het hom sterk uitgespreek oor die bewerings en meen dis niks anders as \u2019n politieke foefie deur die GOOD- party in die munisipaliteit nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simmers het aan Paarl Post <\/i>ges\u00ea \u201cdie DA glo aan die skeiding van party en regering\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is \u2019n aangeleentheid van die Drakenstein-raad, so die DA in die Wes-Kaap sal dus wag op die afhandeling van hul proses en die raad se goedgekeurde verslag met aanbevelings wat daaruit sal kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns versoek is dat die integriteit van die prosesse nie verwater moet word deur plaaslike opposisiepartye wat dit wil politiseer nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keagen Gertse, \u2019n GOOD-raadslid in die munisipaliteit, het aan Paarl Post<\/i> ges\u00ea sy party sal toesien dat Poole aan die pen ry indien die bewerings waar is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGOOD glo aan die beginsels van deursigtigheid en skoon bestuur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWaar daar \u2019n rokie van wanbestuur is, sal ons party die gemeenskap daaroor inlig. Vir Simmers lyk dit dalk soos politiek, maar vir ons is dit die beginsel wat tel \u2013 iets wat die DA opsy sal plaas om een persoon te beskerm ten koste van Suid-Afrikaners wat alreeds swaar trek weens korrupsie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gertse s\u00ea GOOD geniet ook die steun van ander opposisiepartye in die raad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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