"Indeed, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has been derelict in her duty and has failed to table the report via the Announcements, Tablings and Committee Reports (ATC). He wrote back to Tyawa, asking her again to provide the report. "Lying to Parliament is a serious offence and will not go unpunished," he said. Waters said, despite Mbete's efforts, the DA will not allow those who misled the inquiry off the hook. "Clearly the report into those who lied during the SABC inquiry implicates senior ANC and government officials, and Mbete is once again prioritising her role as ANC chairperson over her role as Speaker." "It is now precisely the representative of Parliament, Baleka Mbete, who is protecting the persons implicated in the report by refusing to table it, which she is required to do 'without delay' as per NA Rule 337(e)," said Waters. "This reasoning is laughable as Parliament’s Legal Services Unit completed the report and submitted it to Parliament on 5 June 2017 via its representative, the NA Speaker. He says Tyawa "has joined the Speaker of the National Assembly in trying to keep the report into those who lied during the SABC inquiry from public scrutiny". She said that the report will be presented to Parliament "by the end of August or soon thereafter". The Speaker intends to refer the report to the relevant structures of the National Assembly in accordance to the rules of the National Assembly," Tyawa wrote to Waters. "The report is currently with the Speaker of the National Assembly.
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