By Simon Nare
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday heard a bruising legal challenge to overturn the National Assembly’s decision to dismiss the Independent Panel’s report on the Phala Phala saga.
This after the EFF requested the court to declare the National Assembly’s 13 December 2022 decision not to adopt the panel’s report on the Phala Phala saga, and to forego referring it to an impeachment committee, as irrational, unlawful and a violation of constitutional provisions.
The red berets also wanted the highest court in the land to issue a declaratory order that Rule 1291 of the Rules of the National Assembly was invalid and inconsistent with the Constitution.
EFF legal representative, Advocate Kameel Premhid, argued that as the parties presented their cases, that the Constitutional Court should focus on whether the National Assembly’s reasons for voting down the Independent Panel’s report could withstand legal scrutiny.
Premhid further argued that one
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