# The Constitutional Court is today set to hear an urgent application by the MK Party, challenging president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to place Police minister Senzo Mchunu on special leave, and appoint Firoz Cachalia as acting minister. The MK Party argues that Ramaphosa acted outside the bounds of the Constitution when he suspended Mchunu and installed Cachalia, who is not a cabinet minister. Ramaphosa, in his response, argued that his power to appoint and dismiss ministers includes the discretion to place them on special leave.
ConCourt to hear the MK Party’s challenge against Ramaphosa over Mchunu decision