Simon Nare
THE EFF is heading to the Constitutional Court to seek relief after losing its bid to have the removal of its members from the National Assembly by the protection services declared unconstitutional.
On Monday the Western High Court dismissed with costs the EFF’s application to have the conduct of Parliament during the 2015 and 2017 State of the Nation Address (SONA) declared unconstitutional after some members of the party were ejected for unruly behaviour.
But the Red Berets are not giving in without a fight. They had argued that the manner in which their MPs were removed was unlawful and “styled as including some gratuitous violence” in the court application.
They said in a statement on Tuesday, they are taking the matter to the Constitutional Court, charging that abuse of power should not be tolerated as this recently recurred when MPs wanted to hold President Cyril Ramaphosa accountable
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