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The Red Berets are accused of showing contempt for Parliament and failing to abide by the rules of the National Assembly when they stormed the podium where Gordhan was speaking.
EFF deputies are expelled during the Pravin Gordhan Public Enterprises budget vote. Image: EWN YouTube.
CAPE TOWN – Parliament is moving forward with a disciplinary hearing on Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputies who interrupted a speech by Public Business Minister Pravin Gordhan last year.
This despite the fact that they withdrew from the process.
Parliament’s Committee on Powers and Privileges on Wednesday continued disciplinary action against MPs who tried to derail Gordhan’s 2019 budget vote speech.
The deputies have not been able to pitch in the two days of the hearing this week.
The commission will go ahead with the disciplinary process against the 16 members of the EFF.
The Red Berets are accused of showing contempt for Parliament and failing to abide by the rules of the National Assembly when they stormed the podium where Gordhan was speaking.
His legal representative, Kameel Premhid, said at the hearing that the party will challenge the Powers and Privileges Act and the rules of the National Assembly before leaving today’s meeting.
“My client, the economic freedom fighters, including the affected members, has instructed me to put on record that the law on the rules of Parliament will be challenged imminently as a basis on which to proceed with this procedure and, obviously , those documents will be served in Parliament and yourself as chairman of the committee in due time and furthermore, as a consequence of that, I can, together with my investigating lawyer, start to leave so as not to attend the hearing, as it continues after lunch “.
But the committee is unfazed, according to Chairman Philly Mapulane, and heard evidence from witnesses yesterday.
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