By Simon Nare
The African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee (NEC) has endorsed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to take the Constitutional Court’s Phala Phala judgment for judicial review, following a three-day special meeting to consider the ruling.
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said in a post-NEC briefing on Friday that the party’s highest decision-making body between conferences was unanimous in backing Ramaphosa’s move to challenge the findings of an independent panel report.
The report, chaired by retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, retired High Court judge Thokozile Masipa and Advocate Mahlape Sello, had found that Ramaphosa had a case to answer in relation to the Phala Phala matter and recommended that an impeachment committee be established to probe further.
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The National Assembly later rejected the recommendation through a majority vote, but the Economic Freedom Fighters took the matter to the
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