President Cyril Ramaphosa answers questions in the National Assemblythe Section 89 Independent Panel of Experts to assess all the information received to determine whether President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer on Constitutional grounds or not.Its main task is to assess an ATM draft motion calling for Ramaphosa’s removal from office in terms of Section 89 of the Constitution.
Under Rule 129, the panel of experts has to be independent, impartial and must only apply the constitution and the law without fear, favour or prejudice during the assessment. The rule does not make provision for the panel to conduct oral hearings. Its power is limited to receiving written and recorded submissions to conducts its assessment.
The panel said it’s busy assessing all the information including President Ramaphosa’s responses to the submitted information.