Parliament agrees with minority judgment but will comply with Constitutional Court ruling
Parliament gave the undertaking on Friday that it would comply fully with the Constitutional Court judgment regarding its duty to hold the president accountable, and would ensure the finalisation of the rules of the National Assembly relating to the removal of the president as required by the court. The court ordered Parliament to formulate rules regulating the removal and impeachment of the president in terms of Section 89 of the Constitution and gave the National Assembly 120 days from the date of the order to do so. The court found that Parliament’s failure to determine whether President Jacob Zuma breached the Constitution in the way he dealt with the public protector’s Nkandla report, violated its constitutional duty to scrutinise and oversee the actions of the executive. The court also ordered the National Assembly to initiate the process under section 89 within 180 days from the order. In its response Parliament noted that the court had not found that National Assembly speake...
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