HULFTSDORP CIRCUS WITH PUBLIC FUNDS

* Used state vehicles, drivers fuel, offices etc.,

* … to bring elected Legislature to disrepute

Those who put on a circus around Hulftsdorp recently brining down the estimations of the law courts in the eyes of the people, used state money to do so, observed some legal experts and independent observers of events, who advisedly chose to remain anonymous.

They said that those who put on a veritable ‘circus’ around the Supreme Court premises and said they were doing so on behalf of the ‘judiciary’, were conducting all of these activities that to a great extent brought down the estimations of the judiciary in people’s eyes - - and also disrupted court work --- on the public purse.

They were driven to the scene in state maintained vehicles, by state paid chauffeurs, and they used state fuel allocations, and sometimes operated from state offices using state telephone facilities etc., in organizing these ‘protests’ which were mostly aimed at the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), a legitimate instrument of the elected legislature.

Hence, to bring the people’s representatives to ridicule, they used state money and state facilities, these independent observers added.

They further stated that this raises further issues about the conduct of these protests funded by the taxpayers’ money, by those who however were claiming to be ‘independent’ but were subverting the elected Lelgistlature’s functions, and holding it ridicule, all the while using taxpayers’ money.

This splurge on state facilities however was to create an atmosphere of chaos around the Hulfsdorph courts prior to recent PSC hearings, prior to which some of these persons consorted with accused who have come before courts, and also some respondents in cases in courts of law over which these persons themselves presided.

However, these ‘protestors’ had the audacity to say, when these shenanigans and more of their ‘exploits’ were exposed in the media -- as the media was obliged to, in the cause of public interest -- that sections of the media are ‘misusing public funds’ (!), our sources added.