EFF loses bid to oust Didiza as speaker of parliament
‘We do not believe that the case has been made’ Democratic Alliance MP Glynnis Breytenbach said the motion of no confidence is a very serious constitutional instrument and should not become a convenient political weapon whenever a party disagrees with a speaker’s ruling or decision.
The party tabled the motion on 26 June, saying the speaker failed to defend parliament in the first impeachment process against a sitting president.“If we remove a speaker every time a losing party in a legal dispute dislikes how she understands her own constitutional and institutional role, we will have created a precedent far more dangerous than anything alleged in this motion,” Ntuli said.
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