National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza speaking to journalists on the Constitutional Court judgment.
African Transformation Movement’s (ATM) Vuyo Zungula has said that opposition parties want National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to recuse herself from all matters related to the Impeachment Committee on the Section 89 Enquiry.
Zungula addressed the media before the first sitting of the committee. The committee was established after the Constitutional Court judgment directed Parliament to investigate whether there are valid grounds to recommend President Cyril Ramaphosa’s removal from office.
While it was ultimately Rise Mzansi Chief Whip, Makashule Gana, who was elected to be chairperson of the Impeachment Committee on the Section 89 Enquiry, there were several issues raised by Zungula before the meeting.
The parties, except for the ANC, had met to discuss their preferred candidate to chairperson and the possibility of asking Didiza to recuse herself from oversight-related matters, such as deciding on evidence leaders and the committee’s terms of reference.
