Impeachment Committee files response to legal challenges over the evidence leader appointment [SOUND]

# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee has filed its responding affidavit opposing the legal challenge by the EFF and the African Legal Professionals Association over the committee’s decision to rescind its recommendation of advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader. Last month, the EFF and African Legal Professionals Association filed separate applications in the Western Cape High Court challenging the committee’s decision, arguing there was no legal basis for it. Committee chairperson Makashule Gana says the legal challenge is premature: