South Africa: Speaker Says Not His Work To Impeach Zuma
September 5 2017 By Abiodun Giwa
President jacob Zuma.
However, the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday reserved judgment in the case by the opposition parties to have Zuma impeached.
Meaning that South African opposition parties have not relented in their efforts to remove President Jacob Zuma from office.
After the failure of the no confidence vote against Zuma, the opposition parties have again gone to the Constitutional Court, seeking that the court compel the Speaker of the Parliament to impeach Zuma.
The opposition's grudge, according to News24 reports, is that there is a need for a fact finding ad hoc committee to compel Zuma for answers about his conduct in the Nkandla imbroglio.
The parliament speaker, Baleka Mbete, represented by an attorney, said as a referee, he would be acting against the Constitution to remove Zuma from office.
Although, the Speaker's lawyer said that he agreed that Zuma had violated the Constitution. But he wants the National Assembly to do the work of removing Zuma from office, instead of asking the Speaker to do the job. The opposition parties are saying that no action has been taken against Zuma after the Constitutional Court's ruling in March 2016 saying that that Zuma has failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution.
Having failed to remove Zuma through vote of no confidence in the parliament bringing all the dirty acts of Zuma against him, the opposition has resorted to the earlier Nkandla's case and the submissions of the former Public Protector to continue their insistence on Zuma's impeachment.
The opposition parties are doing all in their power to get Zuma down,knowing that it is impossible to get the National Assembly to to impeach Zuma, because the ANC members are in majority there. They know that it is the numerical strength of the ANC members in the assembly that has lead to their failure in getting the votes of no confidence against Zuma through.
Meaning that South African opposition parties have not relented in their efforts to remove President Jacob Zuma from office.
After the failure of the no confidence vote against Zuma, the opposition parties have again gone to the Constitutional Court, seeking that the court compel the Speaker of the Parliament to impeach Zuma.
The opposition's grudge, according to News24 reports, is that there is a need for a fact finding ad hoc committee to compel Zuma for answers about his conduct in the Nkandla imbroglio.
The parliament speaker, Baleka Mbete, represented by an attorney, said as a referee, he would be acting against the Constitution to remove Zuma from office.
Although, the Speaker's lawyer said that he agreed that Zuma had violated the Constitution. But he wants the National Assembly to do the work of removing Zuma from office, instead of asking the Speaker to do the job. The opposition parties are saying that no action has been taken against Zuma after the Constitutional Court's ruling in March 2016 saying that that Zuma has failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution.
Having failed to remove Zuma through vote of no confidence in the parliament bringing all the dirty acts of Zuma against him, the opposition has resorted to the earlier Nkandla's case and the submissions of the former Public Protector to continue their insistence on Zuma's impeachment.
The opposition parties are doing all in their power to get Zuma down,knowing that it is impossible to get the National Assembly to to impeach Zuma, because the ANC members are in majority there. They know that it is the numerical strength of the ANC members in the assembly that has lead to their failure in getting the votes of no confidence against Zuma through.
