By Thapelo Molefe
President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked the Western Cape High Court to stop Parliament from commencing public hearings in its Section 89 impeachment process until the court rules on his application to review the independent panel’s report that found sufficient evidence to justify an impeachment inquiry.
During proceedings on Wednesday, Ramaphosa’s counsel, Advocate Wim Trengove SC, said the President was seeking only an interim interdict pending the review hearing, scheduled for 2 to 4 September.
“The scope of the interdict he seeks is limited to the commencement of the public hearings,” Trengove told the court.
“So this court’s interdict will expire when this court gives judgment in the review.”
Trengove argued that the independent panel applied the wrong legal test by equating “sufficient evidence” with a prima facie case instead of conducting a broader qualitative assessment of whether the evidence justified the “momentous step” of a public impeachment
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