The former principal legal researcher at the Arms Procurement Commission, attorney Kate Painting, has broken her silence to reveal she resigned in March after a disturbing “second agenda” emerged at the commission.

“When the commission’s work commenced in earnest I was one of two legal professionals. We were virtually tasked with setting up the commission. I went on fact-finding trips overseas and initially believed we would fulfil our mandate; another agenda soon emerged, as did an obsessive control of information, family relationships and incompetent administration,” Painting said in a statement she released to the Mail & Guardian. “Fear is a common theme at the commission and any non-compliance with the second agenda is met with hostility.”
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