Drama unfolded at the beginning testimony of controversial Forensic Investigator Paul O’Sullivan when he appeared before the Parliament Ad Hoc Committee.
O’Sullivan’s affidavit contained a condition on paragraph 3 where he stated that he will not answer anything beyond 1990.
This angered most of the honourable members from Umkhonto Wesizwe Party, Economic Freedom Fighters and ActionSA.
O’Sullivan told the AdHocCommittee he won’t answer questions about events before 1990 because of serious personal security concerns, citing multiple attempts on his life.
He argued that providing such information could expose personal details and put him and his family at risk, which he is entitled to protect.
“I made it clear that I’m not going to be providing any of that information, it’s just not going to be advanced and we can sit here all day and you can ask me a million questions I will not provide that information,’ he said.
Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader Julius Malema was the first one to object the condition put forward by O’Sullivan.
“He can’t say to us we can’t ask him anything about things that happened before 90 what if the business you are talking about started engaging in wrongdoing before 1990,” he said.
MKP David Skosana also jumped in and question his background.
“This affidavit does not have an introduction. We don’t know the man seating before. There is nothing talking about where he was born, where he grew up and the schools he went to. Nothing. Even you chair, you don’t know this man,” he said.
ActionSA’s Dereleen James said: “Every witness that has come before us had a CV. Where is the CV of the witness? He can’t just come here and tell us to dance to his tune.”