The Democratic Alliance notes the resignation of Dr. Dion George from the party.
It is unfortunate that Dr. George has resigned before answering a pending disciplinary before the DA’s Federal Legal Commission.
These include:
1. Allegations that staff appointments to his Ministerial office were done in a way that unjustifiably raised their salaries, at public expense;
2. Allegations that staff in his ministry sought departmental information to pursue internal party political matters; and
3. Bringing the party into disrepute through the media.
It would have been preferable for Dr. George to go through the FLC process to test the veracity of these allegations.
The rest of the FLC process will proceed as determined by the DA’s Federal Executive on Monday.
We wish Dr. George well in his future endeavours.