An impeachment committee consisting of retired judges is one of the ideas mooted on Wednesday when the National Assembly subcommittee on the review of rules started deliberations on a draft procedure to remove the president in terms of section 89 of the Constitution.
EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi raised the idea, saying that such a panel could consist of five retired judges. His reasoning, he said, was that this would help avoid the possibility of an impeachment motion "being blocked by the politics of majoritarianism".
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