By Simon Nare
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has declined the African Transformation Movement’s application to introduce a motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
In a letter to the party, Didiza said the motion, submitted following a Constitutional Court judgment on the Phala Phala matter, could not be entertained as impeachment proceedings ordered by the apex court were already under way.
She said allowing the motion would be inconsistent with National Assembly Rule 129(3), which requires that a motion comply with relevant laws and rules and set out clear grounds on which a vote of no confidence is based.
Didiza added that she was not satisfied that the proposed motion complied with the rules and directives governing the placement of items on the Order Paper, as approved by the Rules Committee.
“In keeping with Assembly Rule 129 (3) and (4), I am declining this submission as the grounds
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