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Parliament says National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has advised the EFF, that the National Assembly rules do not make provision for the establishment of an impeachment committee against a President, without a prescribed process.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, presiding over the debate on the Section 89 Independent Panel report at the Cape Town City Hall, captured on 13 December 2022National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, presiding over the debate on the Section 89 Independent Panel report at the Cape Town City Hall, captured on 13 December 2022

It says the EFF made the request that the National Assembly Programme Committee should allow it to propose for the establishment of an impeachment committee during Thursday afternoon’s plenary session. Parliament’s Spokesperson Moloto Mothapo says the EFF based its request on Wednesday’s Constitutional Court order on Ramaphosa’s application to review and set aside the Section 89 Independent Panel’s report.

Five ANC MPs defied the party line. They voted in favour of the report and for the President to face a Section 89 Inquiry. Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma led the protest vote.

 

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