He claims his suspension is an attempt by dominant party members to subvert parliament’s oversight role
In court, Dirks said he sought to i“
It is the applicant’s position that the patently harsh decision by the First Respondent [Majodina] and Second Respondent [ANC] is devoid of constitutional and rational bases.The First Respondent’s decision and attitude towards me is based on the Second Respondent’s factional politics which should not be allowed to overshadow the constitutional functions and duties of the national assembly,” he said.
Dirks argued that should Majodina’s decision be allowed to prevail, parliament’s robust oversight rolegreatly imperilled as ANC members would be reticent to put the constitution first for fear of a political lynching.
the party to prevent parliament from playing its constitutionally mandated oversight role and robustly holding the executive to account. A leaked recording of an ANC NEC meeting emerged towards the end of last year in which Ramaphosa can be heard saying: “One of the officials said as these people from the State Security [Agency] testify [at the state capture commission], one of the officials said soon they will be revealing how money was used for some campaigns, and I said I would rather they say you got money from this business for CR17 than for the public to finally hear that their public money was used to advance certain...
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