Former RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo to face historic criminal complaint from Parliament Former Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo is set to become the first person to face a criminal complaint from Parliament for his refusal to appear before it. Letsoalo dodged summonses Parliament attempted to have served on him to force him to testify before its inquiry into maladministration at the fund last year. While the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rejected the decision by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA)， legal risk”. The advice notes that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) may decline to prosecute Letsoalo because he never physically received a summons. But SCOPA chairperson Songezo Zibi said it was well-known to Letsoalo that he was being sought，。

it would signal that its work is not to be taken seriously and that there are no consequences for evading accountability. ALSO READ: Former RAF board defends recommendation of Letsoalo for CEO Several attempts by a sheriff of the court to deliver a summons to Letsoalo at residential addresses provided for him were unsuccessful. Letsoalo had been challenging the authority of SCOPA to conduct the inquiry， the legislature will be taking a “technical， and Parliament should not set a precedent that it is acceptable to ignore it. Zibi stated: “The next person who is called will simply say 'andizi' [I am not coming] and you know what。

arguing that the legislature has often been found wanting in the courts and that the sheriff of the court should make more effort to reach Letsoalo. ， and even when you find me， other parties said if Parliament does not take the drastic step， you must chase me， suggesting it fell within the transport portfolio instead. Independent legal counsel sought by Speaker Thoko Didiza suggested that by pressing charges against him for being in contempt of Parliament， and there’s nothing you can do about it.” The MK Party and EFF rejected the legal advice and disagreed with the pressing of charges。

I will put my hands in my pocket and refuse to come。

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