The EFF and Advocate Dali Mpofu have slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to suspend judge president John Hlophe.
As part of the ongoing impeachment process against him for serious misconduct, Hlophe was suspended on Wednesday.
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The judgement was made after the Judicial Conduct Tribunal (JCT) found that Hlophe had illegally attempted to persuade two Constitutional Court judges to violate their oaths of office, in violation of section 165 of the constitution.
Ramaphosa received a report from the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on July 27. This report served as the basis for the suspension.
“So according to Ramaphosa, everyone facing an impeachment process must be suspended even if they’ve taken the impeachment process on judicial review, for the sake of maintaining ‘the integrity of the office’ except Ramaphosa himself.
“Bloody tin-pot dictator gone mad and power hungry,” said Mpofu.
So according to Ramaphosa EVERYONE facing an impeachment process must be SUSPENDED even if they’ve taken the impeachment process on judicial review,for the sake of maintaining “the integrity of the office” EXCEPT Ramaphosa himself!
Bloody tinpot dictator gone mad & power hungry!
— Dali Mpofu (@AdvDali_Mpofu) December 14, 2022
The EFF also voiced their opinion in a statement saying that Ramaphosa’s decision to oust Hlophe from office was “clouded by a reasonable suspicion that there may be a conflict of interest, in the same way his suspension of public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was biased and conflicted”.
“Ramaphosa’s suspension of judge John Hlophe is characterised by an attitude of retaliation because it was the Western Cape High Court that found Ramaphosa’s suspension of Mkhwebane was unlawful and based on bias after she decided to probe allegations surrounding Phala Phala farm,” the EFF said.
The party claimed Ramaphosa was aiming to rid the government of all of its perceived enemies.
“The need to remove Ramaphosa as a president of South Africa is urgent, and failure to do so will result in this country losing respected and qualified black intellectuals, professionals and jurists in his quest to surrender South Africa to his handlers.”