African National Congress (ANC) leader in the Western Cape Marius Fransman is outraged at the way his own party’s integrity committee handled a complaint of sexual harassment against him.
Fransman said he was appalled to learn‚ via a media report at the weekend‚ that he is likely to face the chop for bringing the party into disrepute for allegedly sexually harassing 21-year-old Louisa Wynand during the ANC’s 104th birthday celebrations in January.
City Press reported that the commission recommended that he relinquish all positions he held in the party.
“It is with emphatic appal that I have learned today from the media some of the content of the apparent findings of the ANC’s integrity committee in the matter of an unsubstantiated ‘sexual harassment’ complaint against me‚ without having received any notification whatsoever from the committee myself‚” he said in a statement on Sunday.
“Such outrageous breach of ANC protocol and principle clearly brings the ANC into disrepute and seriously tarnishes the image of the ANC.
“I didn’t expect this from an internal structure of the organisation that is supposed to uphold the organisational protocols‚” he said.
He claimed that the committee had written to him in February‚ “saying they cannot deal with the merits of the allegations”.
He told it in April that it had been “compromised by political expediency‚ orchestrated by factions having previously – and continuously – failed to effect my political demise”.
Wynand‚ TMG Digital reported in June‚ was allegedly offered a full bursary to study by the ANC while the committee conducted its probe.
“Louisa received the bursary offer from the ANC‚ just after the ANC’s integrity commission meeting‚” said her spokesman Gavin Prins.
Fransman has stated previously that he would prefer to have his day in court sooner rather than later to clear his name.
He demanded the party furnish him with a copy of the committee’s findings.
Marius Fransman miffed about learning his ‘sexual harassment’ fate via the media
African National Congress (ANC) leader in the Western Cape Marius Fransman is outraged at the way his own party’s integrity committee handled a complaint of sexual harassment against him.
Fransman said he was appalled to learn‚ via a media report at the weekend‚ that he is likely to face the chop for bringing the party into disrepute for allegedly sexually harassing 21-year-old Louisa Wynand during the ANC’s 104th birthday celebrations in January.
City Press reported that the commission recommended that he relinquish all positions he held in the party.
“It is with emphatic appal that I have learned today from the media some of the content of the apparent findings of the ANC’s integrity committee in the matter of an unsubstantiated ‘sexual harassment’ complaint against me‚ without having received any notification whatsoever from the committee myself‚” he said in a statement on Sunday.
“Such outrageous breach of ANC protocol and principle clearly brings the ANC into disrepute and seriously tarnishes the image of the ANC.
“I didn’t expect this from an internal structure of the organisation that is supposed to uphold the organisational protocols‚” he said.
He claimed that the committee had written to him in February‚ “saying they cannot deal with the merits of the allegations”.
He told it in April that it had been “compromised by political expediency‚ orchestrated by factions having previously – and continuously – failed to effect my political demise”.
Wynand‚ TMG Digital reported in June‚ was allegedly offered a full bursary to study by the ANC while the committee conducted its probe.
“Louisa received the bursary offer from the ANC‚ just after the ANC’s integrity commission meeting‚” said her spokesman Gavin Prins.
Fransman has stated previously that he would prefer to have his day in court sooner rather than later to clear his name.
He demanded the party furnish him with a copy of the committee’s findings.
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