EFF urges National Assembly Speaker to consider impeachment inquiry against Ramaphosa

PHUTI MOSOMANE

THE EFF has called on the National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to revisit the possibility of initiating an impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

This request comes in response to Ramaphosa’s recent announcement that he will no longer contest the Parliament’s Section 89 Panel Report, which was led by retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo.

The panel, established by Parliament in accordance with Section 89 of the Constitution, was tasked with investigating whether Ramaphosa’s actions relating to the Phala Phala scandal warranted impeachment.

After conducting their inquiry, the panel concluded that there was a prima facie case for impeachment and left the decision of establishing an impeachment committee to Parliament.

The EFF has expressed deep concern regarding the findings of the Independent Panel’s report, which raises serious questions about the President’s conduct.

“The first of these was that the money stolen at the Phala Phala game farm owned by