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The Office of the Public Protector is an external state institution of the Republic of South Africa, tasked with the investigation of misconduct in any state affairs and all spheres of government including that of public administration in the country. It is one of the Chapter nine institutions independent of the Government. The office was established by the Constitution to support constitutional democracy in the country. The Public Protector, since October 2009, is former Law Reform Commissioner and advocate, Thuli Madonsela. She succeeded Lawrence Mushwana, who took office on 15 October 2002. Selby Baqwa, Mushwana's predecessor, was the first person to hold that office from its inception in 1995. Similar to other Chapter Nine Institutions, the Public Protector serves to mainly protect the public's interest and fundamental human rights 〔http://www.pprotect.org/about_us/history_background.asp〕 The office of the Public protector has been faced with harsh criticism by parliament specifically by the majority party 〔http://citizen.co.za/378307/when-life-gives-you-lemons/ ''When life gives you lemons… ''〕 for requesting an increase of R200m in the budget allocation for additional resources. With the justice portfolio committee chairman Mathole Motshekga 〔http://www.biznews.com/undictated/2015/04/29/public-protectors-budget-briefing-descends-into-insults-rebukes/ ''Public Protector’s budget briefing descends into insults & rebukes ''〕 being critical of the budget and strategic presentation presented by Adv. Thuli Madonsela. During the budget speech of 2015 the office of the Public Protector was allocated a total budget for 2015/16 of R 246.1 million 〔http://www.biznews.com/undictated/2015/04/29/public-protectors-budget-briefing-descends-into-insults-rebukes/ ''Public Protector’s budget briefing descends into insults & rebukes''〕 an increase of R 60 million, as opposed to the increase of R 200 million initially requested. With R 15 million going to the employment of additional investigators and the retention of the 70 investigator who where previously appointed on contract. The office of the Public Protector is required to appear before the National Assembly at least once every year. During the Adv. Thuli Madonsela's budget and strategic presentation, the advocate was requested to present progress reports before parliament on a quarterly basis.〔http://www.rdm.co.za/politics/2015/05/18/inside-the-all-out-assault-on-thuli-madonsela ''Inside the all-out assault on Thuli Madonsela''〕 ==Organisational structure== The Public Protector has an executive office which administers three major programmes:〔http://www.pprotect.org/Library/strategic_plans/strategic_plans.asp〕 * The Investigations and Outreach * The Executive Management * The Corporate Support Services 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Public Protector」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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