High Court lacks jurisdiction to halt impeachment process: Lawyers
Lawyers representing uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and United Africans Transformation (UAT) have argued that the Western Cape High Court lacks the jurisdiction to grant President Cyril Ramaphosa an interdict to halt the commencement of the impeachment process against him.
Rule of law says in impeachment proceedings, when once the independent committee says there is sufficient evidence for prima facie case, then the process must continue unless it is set aside.
But we in the Cape High Court, we find that the inquiry may not proceed unless and until the report is set aside.
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