ANC accused of delaying tactics for doubting Parly’s legal advice to Impeachment Committee

The African National Congress (ANC) has been accused of delaying tactics after second-guessing Parliament’s legal advice to the Impeachment Committee that the independent panel, which laid the groundwork for the inquiry into the Phala Phala matter, should not be called to present its report.

While most committee members accepted that summoning the report’s authors would be a breach of the panel’s mandate, ANC members of Parliament (MPs) asked for the decision to be deferred until it obtained its own legal opinion.

The party has also not supported a decision taken by the committee on Wednesday to appeal a Western Cape High Court ruling that has prevented it from hearing oral evidence pending a court review of the same disputed report.

ANC MPs have pushed for a decision on an appearance of the Section 89 independent panel to be deferred until Parliament’s legal advisors produce an opinion on whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should be compelled to testify in his own defence.

But the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s Andile Mngxitama was among several parties to reject the suggestion.

“We've received a legal opinion that’s absolutely clear, reasonable, rational and we are now being told to seek more legal opinions. That’s irrational and a delaying tactic.”

The United Africans Transformation (UAT)’s Wonderboy Mahlatsi shared a similar opinion.

“I had expected these delaying tactics, but I didn’t think they would be this low.”

The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s George Michalakis said it’s not the committee’s role to interrogate the report but to consider the evidence contained in it.

ANC MP Cameron Dugmore vehemently denied the accusations, saying there appeared to be an unwillingness from some MPs to accept that President Ramaphosa is within his rights to challenge the findings of the independent panel.

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