By Johnathan Paoli
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the National Assembly’s 2022 decision to block the impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal was unconstitutional and ordered that the independent Section 89 panel report be referred to Parliament’s impeachment committee.
In a landmark majority judgment handed down on Friday, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya declared that National Assembly Rule 129i, the rule governing how Parliament handles Section 89 impeachment panel reports, was inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid.
“As such, the following order is made. It is declared that Rule 129i of the ninth edition of the rules of the National Assembly is inconsistent with the Constitution, invalid and it is set aside,” Maya said.
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The court further ruled that the NA vote taken to not implement the report, was itself unconstitutional.
“It
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