South African President Cyril Ramaphosa To Challenge Impeachment Inquiry
By Semafor Africa Photos: Wikimedia Commons South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to challenge a decision by the country’s top court reviving an impeachment inquiry against him, shifting the fight from a hostile parliament to the courts and easing pressure on the fragile coalition government. His late-night televised announcement on Monday came days after South Africa’s Constitutional Court ordered lawmakers to restart scrutiny that was halted when they binned a report that found evidence of wrongdoing in Ramaphosa’s handling of the 2020 theft of foreign currency from his Phala Phala game farm. Ramaphosa said he disagreed with the report’s reasoning, arguing that its findings were based on “hearsay” and that there was “no evidence” to show he violated the constitution or the law, vowing to challenge the report in court. Opposition parties, such as the Economic Freedom Fighters, accused him of seeking a long court battle to delay accountability and called for his resignation. Read on for more on the impeachment inquiry. →
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By Semafor Africa
Photos: Wikimedia Commons
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to challenge a decision by the country’s top court reviving an impeachment inquiry against him, shifting the fight from a hostile parliament to the courts and easing pressure on the fragile coalition government.
His late-night televised announcement on Monday came days after South Africa’s Constitutional Court ordered lawmakers to restart scrutiny that was halted when they binned a report that found evidence of wrongdoing in Ramaphosa’s handling of the 2020 theft of foreign currency from his Phala Phala game farm.
Ramaphosa said he disagreed with the report’s reasoning, arguing that its findings were based on “hearsay” and that there was “no evidence” to show he violated the constitution or the law, vowing to challenge the report in court.
Opposition parties, such as the Economic Freedom Fighters, accused him of seeking a long court battle to delay accountability and called for his resignation.
