By Lebone Rodah Mosima
Some opposition parties have accused National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza of abandoning her constitutional duty after she chose not to directly oppose President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent court bid to halt impeachment proceedings against him.
Parliament confirmed on Sunday that Didiza had resolved to “file a notice to abide by an explanatory Affidavit alongside the Impeachment Committee’s opposition papers” in the Western Cape High Court.
The court application seeks to stop the work of the Section 89 impeachment committee pending the finalisation of Ramaphosa’s review application.
Parliament said Didiza’s explanatory affidavit would assist the court on “the stringent constitutional obligations on the National Assembly to proceed with and finalise the section 89 proceedings”.
Parliament said Ramaphosa’s legal team had previously asked the Speaker’s office to halt the committee’s work, but the request “was not acceded to, because doing so would have been in contempt of the Court
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