Freedom Under Law has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa criticising his advisory panel for the appointment of chief justice and “requesting” him to ultimately choose a chief justice himself, “as the constitution provides”.
Freedom Under Law has requested President Cyril Ramaphosa to choose a chief justice himself. File photo.Freedom Under Law has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa criticising his advisory panel for the appointment of a chief justice and “requesting” him to ultimately choose a chief justice himself, “as the constitution provides”.
Other members of the panel include justice minister Ronald Lamola, former justice minister Jeff Radebe, former public protector Thuli Madonsela and Howard Law Professor Ziyad Motala. “Crucial decisions stand to be made by untenured acting members of that court. Its integrity has been publicly impugned, its leader’s conduct questioned. Its divisions and tensions have spilled into its judgments.”JSC) is “deeply divided”, said the letter, and has been “without sustained leadership for months”.In these circumstances, FUL has requested the president to consider a set of criteria developed by former dean of the University of Cape Town Law, Prof Hugh Corder.
They include: strong credentials as an intellectual leader on the bench; a track record as a proponent of the transformative nature of the constitutional framework; a record of being a good manager; the fulfilments of formal commitments with total impartiality and skill; and the credibility to engage with the public. The criteria also set out some requirements for the process.
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