The DA argued that it was irrational for someone deemed unfit for judicial office to then appoint someone to such a position.
CAPE TOWN - The Democratic Alliance said that if impeached judge, John Hlophe, was allowed to sit on the Judicial Service Commission as a representative of Parliament, it would taint the selection process for new judges.
Designating Hlophe to JSC a 'deeply irrational' decision by the National Assembly, says FUL A full bench of judges from the Gauteng division has been seconded to the Western Cape to hear this matter.
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