BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane will be part of the impeachment committee in Parliament.
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BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane joins the impeachment committee investigating President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala matter.The committee,with 31 members,includes representatives from various parties,excluding PAC and GOOD.The committee’s formation follows a Constitutional Court ruling restarting the impeachment process.The latest member announced for the impeachment committee that will hold President Cyril Ramaphosa accountable over the Phala Phala saga is BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane.
In a statement,BOSA spokesperson Roger Solomons said Maimane brought “significant institutional memory and parliamentary experience” to the process.
“More than a decade ago,he served on Parliament’s Nkandla ad hoc committee,which investigated former president Jacob Zuma following the Public Protector’s findings on the misuse of public funds at his private residence,” Solomons said.
Maimane,then the DA’s parliamentary leader,was one of the opposition members who walked out of the proceedings after the ANC used its majority to prevent the committee from doing a proper investigation,chief among them refusing to call Zuma to appear before it.
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Solomons said the impeachment committee carried immense constitutional responsibility.
Solomons added: “Its work cannot become a numbers game designed to shield the president from accountability. South Africans demand a process that is transparent,evidence-based and firmly grounded in the rule of law.”
“BOSA’s participation will be guided by the principle of accountability. As a party founded on ethical leadership and constitutionalism,BOSA will approach the committee’s work constructively and without fear or favour.”
On Thursday,PA leader Gayton McKenzie told News4 that his party would be represented by its chief whip,Marlon Daniels.
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On Friday,the DA announced that its parliamentary leader,George Michalakis,Glynnis Breytenbach,who on Monday was announced as the party’s chief whip,deputy chief whip Baxoxile Nodada,Karabo Khakhau,and Nazley Sharif would represent the party on the committee.
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Last week,Speaker Thoko Didiza determined that the committee will consist of 31 members – nine from the ANC,five from the DA,three from the MKP,two from EFF,and one from each of the other parties represented in the National Assembly,bar the PAC and GOOD,whose sole members are Cabinet ministers.
Didiza gave parties until Friday to inform her office of the members who will represent them on the committee. The committee will only meet thereafter to elect a chairperson.
The committee’s establishment follows a Constitutional Court ruling that effectively restarted the impeachment process against Ramaphosa.
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