By Johnathan Paoli
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has confirmed that Parliament will begin the process of establishing an impeachment committee to consider the Section 89 inquiry report into President Cyril Ramaphosa following last week’s landmark Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala scandal.
In a statement on Monday, Didiza said the NA would fully comply with the apex court’s order, which declared Rule 129I of the assembly’s rules unconstitutional and invalid, and set aside Parliament’s 2022 decision not to refer the Section 89 panel report to an impeachment committee.
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“The Speaker will initiate the process to constitute the Impeachment Committee in terms of Rules 129J to 129O of the Rules of the National Assembly to consider the section 89 inquiry process contemplated in the Constitution and the Rules of the Assembly,” the statement read.
Didiza confirmed that the independent
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