Parliament welcomes Court Ruling on EFF challenging ejection from the NA

Inside Politics Reporter

Parliament, on Tuesday welcomed the Western Cape High Court judgement dismissing with costs the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) application to have the conduct of Parliament during the 2015 and 2017 State of the Nation Address (SONA) declared unconstitutional.

The application was based on the order by the Presiding Officers (Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces) for certain EFF members to be ejected from the House following their continuous disruptions through spurious points of order.

The EFF sought an order declaring that Parliament acted unconstitutionally by ordering the EFF members to be ejected, as this allegedly resulted in the Parliamentary Protection Services using unreasonable force, violence and aggression when removing members from the House.Consequently, the EFF also sought constitutional damages, contingent upon the granting of the declaratory order sought.

In the application, the EFF contended that the Presiding Officers used