Court declares Parliament’s impeachment rule unconstitutional in Phala Phala case [SOUND]

# The Constitutional Court has ruled against Parliament’s decision in the Phala Phala case, finding its impeachment proceedings was unconstitutional and invalid. The matter relates to the ten-million-rand theft at president Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm. The court found the rule prevents the National Assembly from properly deciding on impeachment grounds. Chief justice Mandisa Maya set aside Parliament’s 2022 vote and orders the independent panel’s report be referred to an impeachment committee for consideration: