In a letter to the organisations, including the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), Judges Matter and the Helen Suzman and Ahmed Kathrada foundations, National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza said there was no legal obstacle to stop Hlophe.
CAPE TOWN - National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has told civil society organisations that nothing could have prevented John Hlophe’sThe uMkhonto weSizwe Party Parliamentary leader’s nomination was ratified by the National Assembly on Tuesday paving his way to serve on the JSC.
The organisations had written to Didiza, saying Hlophe was not fit and proper citing his impeachment by the assembly. Didiza further states that the Constitution only includes two requirements, that a person must be a member of the assembly and that half of the persons designated to the JSC must come from the opposition.She also told the organisations that there is also no specific requirement that an MP be “fit and proper”.
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