DA moves to impeach Zuma on grounds of ConCourt ruling
The president’s problems have only just begun, as the opposition moves to impeach Zuma on the grounds of the Constitutional Court’s ruling against him.
Problem is, the National Assembly needs to vote on whether or not to impeach Zuma and the majority of the National Assembly is Zuma and ANC loyalists who’d die before betraying the hand that feeds…
The majority of the National Assembly is, for all intents and purposes, Zuma’s National Assembly; his (dis)honour guard.
Regardless, the Democratic Alliance has announced that it will begin proceedings to have Jacob Zuma impeached. The party released a statement shortly after the ConCourt’s ruling:
“Following today’s judgement by the Constitutional Court in the much anticipated Nkandla matter, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has officially begun the process to impeach President Jacob Zuma, in terms of Section 89(1) of the Constitution.
The Constitutional Court – the highest court in the land – found that President Zuma failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the land by disregarding the Public Protectors’ report. This pivotal judgment confirms the DA’s long held contention that President Zuma seriously violated the Constitution when he sought to undermine the Public Protector’s remedial actions by instituting parallel investigative processes, and his subsequent failure to implement her remedial action.
Section 89(1) of the Constitution states that “The National Assembly, by a resolution adopted with a supporting vote of at least two thirds of its members, may remove the President from office only on the grounds of –
(a) a serious violation of the Constitution or the law;
(b) serious misconduct; or
(c) inability to perform the functions of office.”
Today’s ruling is clear in this regard: President Jacob Zuma’s action amounts to a serious violation of the Constitution, and constitutes grounds for impeachment.”
You can read the rest of the DA’s statement here.
