Mbasa Gqokoma
05 November 2015
The Chairperson of the
Democratic Alliance’s Federal Executive, James Selfe has approached the
Constitutional Court with the legal counsel today, who will be making oral
presentations in the confirmation application brought by the DA to confirm the
unconstitutionality of section 11 of the Powers, Privilages and Immunities of
Parliament act as ordered by the Western Cape High Court in May this year.
DA spokesperson Samkelo
Mgobozi says “The section allows the
police, on the instruction of the presiding officer, to remove people from the
precinct of Parliament and to arrest them.
In the alternative, the DA is
asking the court for a ruling declaring that section 11 does not apply to
members.
He says, “While it is not
desirable to rely on the Courts to make a rulings on the works of Parliament,
the extraordinary events that characterised the State of the Nations Address
earlier this year compelling the party to approach the Court in this matter.”
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