By Johnathan Paoli
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has threatened legal action against KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Speaker Nontembeko Boyce, describing her decision to suspend 36 Members of the Provincial Legislature (MPLs) as unlawful, politically motivated and an abuse of power.
The party says it is consulting its legal team after Boyce imposed sanctions following a chaotic and violent sitting of the legislature earlier this month.
MKP Chief Whip Siphiwe Moyo-Mbatha said the suspensions lacked procedural fairness and amounted to selective punishment of MKP members.
“There’s no procedural fairness. She just decided to suspend members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party. Therefore, we take these letters as a joke,” Moyo-Mbatha said.
He added that the party believed the Speaker was “abusing the powers and privileges that she has” and warned that legal remedies were being actively considered.
The suspensions stem from a dramatic sitting of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature on 15 December in Pietermaritzburg,
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