CAPE TOWN - The African Transformation Movement was expected back in the high court in Cape Town on Tuesday.
It is asking the court to set aside a decision by National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula not to grant a secret ballot on an impeachment report against President Cyril Ramaphosa in December last year.The ATM alleged African National Congress members of Parliament were under threat of being disciplined if they did not reject the section 89 report.EFF legal counsel, advocate Mfesane Ka-Siboto argued Mapisa-Nqakula failed to look at the facts at her disposal.
But advocate Steven Budlender, representing the Speaker, rejected their arguments, saying his client had exercised her discretionary power. Budlender said her decision was rational and independent and could not be measured by empirical facts.The ANC was on Tuesday expected to defend its decision to vote against the report by the independent panel which found Ramaphosa might have breached the Constitution over the theft of US dollars from his Limpopo farm, Phala Phala.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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