‘Stay in your lane’ — parties urge court to reject Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala interdict
The Western Cape High Court heard that granting the President an urgent interdict to halt impeachment proceedings against him would encroach on Parliament’s domain. Opposition parties have argued that the Western Cape High Court would be “crossing” into Parliament’s lane should it grant President Cyril Ramaphosa an urgent interdict to prevent the impeachment committee from […] The post ‘Stay in your lane’ — parties urge court to reject Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala interdict appeared first on The Nami
The Western Cape High Court heard that granting the President an urgent interdict to halt impeachment proceedings against him would encroach on Parliament’s domain.
Opposition parties have argued that the Western Cape High Court would be “crossing” into Parliament’s lane should it grant President Cyril Ramaphosa an urgent interdict to prevent the impeachment committee from starting proceedings against him, pending his review of the Section 89 panel report.
“If you stay in your lane you wouldn’t grant the interdict,” advocate Anton Katz SC, representing the African Transformation Movement (ATM), told the court on Wednesday, 15 July. “But if you grant the interdict, you’d be cutting into the lane of Parliament,” he continued.
The court on Wednesday heard Ramaphosa’s urgent bid to stop Parliament’s impeachment committee from starting its probe into his conduct in the Phala Phala saga.
The ATM, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) and United Africans Transformation (UAT) parties are opposing his application. The impeachment committee, chaired by Rise Mzansi’s Makashule Gana, also resolved to oppose the interdict on legal grounds.
