HIGH COURT HEARS PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S IMPEACHMENT CHALLENGE
The Western Cape High Court will today and tomorrow hear President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment proceedings.
The President is seeking an interim interdict to suspend the process while the court reviews the findings of the independent Section 89 Panel, which concluded that there is a prima facie case for him to answer regarding the Phala Phala matter.
The impeachment committee was established following a Constitutional Court ruling that Parliament’s impeachment process should proceed.
Meanwhile, RISE Mzansi National Assembly Whip and Chairperson of the Impeachment Committee, Makashule Gana, will be at the Western Cape High Court on both days of the hearing.
Gana says, in his capacity as committee chairperson, he will oppose the President’s application, as the court hears arguments on Ramaphosa’s bid to interdict the committee pending the outcome of his review application.
