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High court hears debate on whether secret ballot serves constitution

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High court hears debate on whether secret ballot serves constitution - The question over dismissing the Ngcobo report was whether MPs had a primary duty to hold the president to account or be accountable to voters

Are members of parliament constitutionally obliged to obey their conscience, rather than their whip, when called to hold the executive to account?

The ATM contends that the vote is vitiated by speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s refusal to allow MPs to vote by secret ballot.

 

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