Ramaphosa tells section 89 panel allegations against him are baseless, have no 'merit'
President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked the section 89 panel, which was tasked to rule whether there were any grounds to impeach him based on the Phala Phala saga, that in its report, it must conclude that the matter is not to be taken any further.
In his response to the panel, Ramaphosa said section 89 of the Constitution made it clear that grounds to remove him “could only be a serious violation of the Constitution or the law or serious misconduct”. He said it was “unclear” with the charges he had to answer how he had violated the Constitution or had committed serious misconduct.This renders these charges defective in my respectful view.
In his response, Ramaphosa said some of the additional information handed to the panel by the three political parties was information that contained images and facts he did not know, adding that this was about photographs of identity documents and passports of people, people standing next to cars and others who looked like they had been arrested.
On allegations by the EFF that Ramaphosa failed to declare foreign currency from the sale of buffalos from his farm, he said while these were not part of the allegations, he was cooperating with the SA Reserve Bank in that matter.
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