The ruling party takes issue with chief justice's comments on SA's policy towards Israel
The ANC has called on National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise to talk to chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng about political utterances he had made during a webinar hosted by The Jerusalem Post.In its report on the webinar, which also featured SA chief rabbi Warren Goldstein, The
In the extraordinary statement released by the ANC on Thursday evening the party said Mogoeng had shown his apparent support for Israel in the interview. The ruling party said it was “deeply concerned” by Mogoeng's remarks. It respected the office of the chief justice, but urged the speaker of parliament to have “high-level talks with the chief justice regarding his political commentary”.
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