EFF turns to ConCourt for action against Zuma

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has decided to take Speaker Baleka Mbete to court to force Parliament to discipline President Jacob Zuma for failing to uphold the Constitution, says a News24 report. EFF leader Julius Malema said they were seeking direct access to the Constitutional Court. The EFF has been urging Parliament to take action against Zuma following a March 2016 Constitutional Court decision. A City Press report says EFF and other parties went to the Constitutional Court last year to establish whether or not the remedial actions of the Public Protector were legally binding. The court found that they were and that the President had failed to uphold and defend the Constitution and his oath of office by refusing to comply with the Public Protector’s remedial action in the report pertaining to security upgrades made at his Nkandla home. ‘What happens next? It is for Parliament to institute impeachment processes or disciplinary action to take further the decision of the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court can’t say this person acted unconstitutionally and it ends there and nothing happens. If you allow things to continue as if nothing happened at the Constitutional Court you are rendering the Constitutional Court useless,’ Malema is quoted as saying.