President Ramaphosa Finds Himself on Thin Ice- SA Constitutional Democracy is tested again.

SOUTH AFRICA - In Brief 30 Nov 2022 by Iraj Abedian
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Panel investigating President Ramaphosa's Phala Phala incidence handed out its report to the Speaker of Parliament, and she wasted no time to make it public. The Panel, chaired by the previous Chief Justice of the country concluded that: “In light of all the information placed before the Panel, we conclude that this information discloses, prima facie, that the President may have committed: A serious violation of sections 96(2)(a).A serious violation of section 34(1) of PRECCA. (Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004)A serious misconduct in that the President violated section 96(2)(b) by acting in a way that is inconsistent with his office.A serious misconduct in that the President violated section 96(2)(b) by exposing himself to a situation involving a conflict between his official responsibilities and his private business.” The above four possibilities are all serious for the President. To this end, the likely course of action by the Parliament is along the following lines: The ANC can take this report to the Parliament and argue that further work has to be done by the crime fighting and law enforcement institutions to ascertain the actual crime committed. This means they will politically vote to kick the can down the road. The ANC cannot afford to derail its December Congress at this point. So, for now the political pressure is on the ANC to find a way out until after their Congress. At the time of writing, the ANC's National Executive Committee is in an emergency session to determine what and how to respond to this highly damaging outcome on the eve of its forthcoming Congress in two weeks' time.The opposition in t...

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