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On Sona’s disruption, Parliament’s powers and privileges committee decided in March that it needed further legal investigation because it was difficult to determine who was despising Parliament by disrupting Sona and which members were at fault.
FILE: Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema opposes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attempting to deliver his State of the Nation speech at Parliament in Cape Town on February 13, 2020 Image: AFP
CAPE TOWN – On Tuesday Parliament will receive legal opinions on two parliamentary upheavals involving economic freedom fighters (EFF).
These include President Cyril Ramaphosa’s February State of the Nation (Sona) address, where the EFF opposed the presence of former President FW de Klerk, disrupting the event.
The second incident took place last year when more than 20 EFF MPs stormed onto the stage interrupting the budget voting speech of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Today, the committee on powers and privileges of Parliament will obtain a legal opinion on both incidents.
On Sona’s interruption, the committee decided in March that it needed a further legal investigation because it was difficult to determine who was in contempt of Parliament when Sona was interrupted and which members were at fault.
The committee’s chairman, Mahlopi Mapulane, said that people must be charged in accordance with the Constitution.
The committee also wants to further investigate why the Spokesperson did not enforce her rulings that day: that the session should continue.
On the Gordhan incident, Parliament recommended that 22 MPS from the EFF be brought before the powers and privileges committee for their discipline.
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