National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she has received legal opinion on how to proceed with the matter related to the impeachment of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
The Judicial Service Commission found Hlophe guilty of gross misconduct in 2008.
This after justices of the Constitutional Court complained that he tried to influence the outcome of cases pending before the court regarding corruption charges against former President Jacob Zuma.
The matter is now before Parliament.
Without disclosing the opinion, Mapisa-Nqakula told the National Assembly Programming committee that she had forwarded the opinion to political parties to familiarise themselves with its details.
She says parties have concurred that the matter should not be discussed at this stage.
“I will make a determination at the point when the matter is brought to the house. I am aware that at this point the matter is in court. I know that Judge Hlophe is challenging those issues. So once the time comes I will then raise the matter here at the Programming committee on how I proceed with the matter.”
Urgent application
Last month, Hlophe abandoned his urgent application to interdict President Cyril Ramaphosa from suspending him.
He was also trying to stop the Parliamentary impeachment inquiry against him.
Hlophe’s main application, challenging the Judicial Service Commission’s finding of gross misconduct, will be heard at a date yet to be determined.
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The court briefly heard the first part of Hlophe’s urgent review application.
His counsel Lihle Sidaki also said the court interdict should be abandoned.
In his court papers, Hlophe names Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo as one of the Judicial Services Commissioners (JSC) who upheld the gross misconduct finding against him.
