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ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula defends party’s support for MK leader John Hlophe. Photo from X

THE ANC has defended its decision to support the election of impeached judge John Hlophe to serve on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). 

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said the majority party in Parliament holds no brief for Hlophe or any member of other political parties. 

“The discontent about John Hlophe’s nomination is valid, and the ANC position on the JSC discussion in the House was not to say there is no basis for concern,” he said. 

Mbalula said the real issue, which the ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli expressed in words, was that the rules governing eligibility for membership of the House are moot on impeachment. 

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“Once an impeached person is allowed to be a member of Parliament, it is difficult to prevent their political party from nominating them. What we need is a clarification of the ‘fit and proper’ requirement in the current form of Section 47 of the Constitution. 

“For instance, section 47(c) categorically rules out an insolvent person from being ‘fit and proper’ for parliamentary membership. We, therefore, never have to worry about an ‘unrehabilitated insolvent’ being a member of the Appropriations Committee because none can even be in the House,” Mbalula said. 

He said the same didn’t exist in legislation for the determination of the “fit and proper” standard for the impeached. 

“This is what the chief whip characterised as a lacuna in legislation. We have to solve it in section 47 as it was contemplated for financial prudence by barring unrehabilitated insolvents,” said Mbalula. 

The DA, supported by the ACDP and FF Plus obligated to nominations which took place on Tuesday, 9 July, at the National Assembly in Cape Town. 

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu said in response to Mbalula: “I think we have larger problems here SG! Let’s create time to continuously talk about the strategic and immediate tasks of the movement. The manner in which immediate tasks are being handled appears apocalyptic, and time will tell.” 

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