Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC said in his legal opinion, Ramaphosa had no basis in law to refer the list of names of the SABC board back to Parliament.
CAPE TOWN - Senior counsel said that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have “overreached” when he instructed Parliament to reconsider its recommended names to serve on the SABC board.
Members of Parliament now want Ramaphosa to not waste more time, and to appoint the 12-member board immediately. Legal advisors also said that the president had no legal basis to prescribe to the National Assembly how to conduct its business when he wanted the names to be referred to the committee.“It’s not supported by any law. In fact, I think in the opinion, I put it as strongly as to say it has appearances of overreaching, or it is arguably to overreach because it’s not up to the president to instruct the Speaker what the committee should be doing.
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