MK files urgent application to interdict first sitting of Parliament, in an unending saga of litigation

By Johnathan Paoli

Former President Jacob Zuma’s UMkhonto weSizwe party has filed an urgent court application that its demands must be heard before June 14, wherein it is interdicting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and the Secretary of Parliament from convening or conducting the first sitting of Parliament scheduled for Friday.

Alternatively, the interdict seeks the suspension of the first sitting of the National Assembly until such time that it is properly constituted.

In the court papers the party is also asking the court  to compel the Secretary to declare that the first sitting of Parliament is unconstitutional, should it take place.

Among other demands, the MK party has asked the the court to declare:

1. That the National Assembly is not properly constituted unless in its first sitting it consists of no less than 350 members and no more than 400 members as prescribed in section 46 of the Constitution.
2. That