De Lille’s invective no answer to justified criticism – IRR - The Citizen 6 March 2021 - Patricia de Lille, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, derides me as a ‘tone-deaf whiner’ and an ‘enemy of land reform’ for pointing out the unconstitutionality and sheer economic folly of the current Expropriation Bill. Anthea Jeffery Patricia de Lille, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, derides me as a ‘tone-deaf whiner’ and an ‘enemy of land reform’ for pointing out the unconstitutionality and sheer economic folly of the current Expropriation Bill.
She also claims that the IRR and other critics of the Bill are ‘twisting the material facts’, ‘distorting the truth’, and ‘perpetuating lies’, whereas her response is based on ‘facts, truth, and honesty’. But her falsehoods are so pervasive that it’s hard to unpack them all.