South Africa’s top court on Tuesday announced that it will hear a case seeking to have Members of Parliament in that country vote secretly on a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma.
Previous motions to have Mr. Zuma impeached have all failed after MPs from the African National Congress (ANC) voted to block the move.
A new motion is expected to be debated by lawmakers on April 18 which once again seeks to have Mr. Zuma impeached. The ANC MPs have vowed to block the move again.
Opposition political parties are hoping that should a secret balloting take place on the motion some ANC MPs may support the motion.
Bantu Holomisa, head of the smaller United Democratic Movement (UDM), told Reuters that “We only need 65 to 70 people from the ANC, and the secret ballot can deliver the votes to remove Zuma.”
SUCCESS! #UDM wins round one, #ConCourt will hear our application pic.twitter.com/FsFv9p6Kx6
— Bantu Holomisa (@BantuHolomisa) April 11, 2017
The chief justice of the Constitutional Court will now allow the parties in the case to give their written submissions by April 21, although it comes days after the no-confidence vote had taken place.
Holomisa told Reuters that “The debate on the no-confidence motion against Zuma will have to be postponed, we have written to the Speaker of parliament to pushed it back, in the event that the Speaker fails to do so, we will seek a court order blocking the debate from going ahead.”
Source: Africafeeds.com
