South Africa’s (SA) Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has accused the Constitutional Court of being captured by SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.
He made the claims while addressing hundreds of supporters during the party’s march to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, where they demanded the immediate release of the long-awaited Phala Phala judgment.
The case stems from the Panel Report of Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, which found that President Ramaphosa had a case to answer regarding the burglary at his Phala Phala farm an incident that became public in 2020. The Constitutional Court reserved judgment in November last year. Malema dismissed Justice Mandisa Maya’s recent remarks about a backlog of cases, insisting the delays are unjustifiable.
In his address, Malema said, “For more than a year the highest court in the land cannot produce a simple judgment on whether Parliament acted rationally or irrationally when they voted against the panel recommendation. This Constitutional Court has embarrassed the whole country. We were told our Constitution will protect us, how can the judges not use the Constitution to protect the people of South Africa against the criminal that is occupying the office of the president. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said there was an attempt to capture the judiciary.”
The EFF maintains that the apex court must urgently deliver its ruling to uphold accountability and public confidence in South Africa’s democratic institutions.
–ChannelAfrica–
