Over to you Madam Speaker - Mogoeng
22 June 2017
Johannesburg – National Speaker Baleka Mbete must exercise a rational basis in deciding whether to hold secret ballot in the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was clear in his judgment this morning when he ruled in favour of opposition parties seeking clarity on whether Mbete has the power to prescribe that voting in the motion of no confidence could be conducted by secret ballot.
He said: "There must always be proper and rational basis for whatever choice the Speaker makes in the exercise of the constitutional power to determine the voting procedure."
The Constitutional Court ruled on an application brought by the United Democratic Movement (UDM).