The EFF leader Julius Malema has labelled the Western Cape High Court's ruling halting Parliament's impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa "fundamentally flawed", arguing it creates a dangerous constitutional precedent that could weaken parliamentary oversight.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has described the Western Cape High Court's majority judgment temporarily halting Parliament's Section 89 impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa as "fundamentally flawed", joining the African Transformation Movement (ATM) in seeking leave to appeal the ruling.
The party said it had aligned itself with the ATM's application because both seek the same relief and are united in opposing Ramaphosa's bid to prevent Parliament from carrying out its constitutional duty to hold him accountable.
The majority judgment, delivered by Judges Diane Davis and André le Grange, granted Ramaphosa an interim interdict preventing Parliament's Impeachment Committee from continuing its work until the President's review application against the Independent Panel report on the Phala Phala matter is heard in September. Judge Matthew Francis dissented.
In court papers, EFF leader Julius Malema argued that Judge Francis correctly found the President has no reasonable prospects of success in the pending review application, a key issue that he said the majority failed to address.
