Phala Phala debate can’t go ahead if Ramaphosa goes to court, whips hear

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Parliament’s legal advisers have warned that Tuesday’s debate on the section 89 panel report into the Phala Phala saga may have to be postponed if President Cyril Ramaphosa takes the report on review.

A special chief whips' forum sat on Monday morning and was advised that if Ramaphosa goes to court to challenge the report, the matter will be sub judice and may not be discussed or adopted by the house.

The meeting also discussed National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s decision to decline the DA’s request for aOpposition whips were not convinced and requested an urgent meeting of the National Assembly programming committee, where Mapisa-Nqakula will formally and publicly explain her reasons for declining the proposal made last week by DA chief whip Siviwe Gwarube.

Mapisa-Nqakula said the inherent risk in this is that once the doors are locked, members whose online connection may have dropped before their names are called up to vote cannot be readmitted, and consequently may not be able to register their vote. “While I concur with the principles you articulate in your correspondence, in light of current circumstances and the practical difficulties raised above, I am of the view a vote by roll call may give rise to avoidable procedural complications.

 

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