Parliament chastized for not holding South African President accountable

South Africa’s highest court has ruled that the parliament failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account in a scandal over state-funded upgrades to his country residence, fuelling opposition calls for him to be impeached.

The constitutional court ordered the national assembly to make rules that allow the president to be impeached, adding to Zuma’s difficulties after he was replacedlast week by Cyril Ramaphosa as leader of the ruling African National Congress.

 

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6 Comments

  1. Ibo France
    December 31, 2017

    A political leader, by himself, cannot do as he pleases with government resources and be immune to prosecution. He first put his enablers in key positions to have influence over the judicial system, police, electoral office, parliament, treasury and customs. These leaders enter politics impecunious and leave filthy rich. They misappropriate government funds, vacuum the treasury, take bribes and engage in all sorts of corrupt practices. How else do they manage to accumulate such mega riches from an infirm economy? Rogue leaders help themselves and leave the majority of their citizens living in abject poverty and pretend to care.

  2. Paul Rossnof
    December 30, 2017

    Dominicans read this and take it in! Here is a working Democracy at work and that is how it should be in Dominica. Domocracy means 3 INDEPENDENT forces within a state – legislative, judicative and executive. In Dominica Skerrit controls all 3 of them and that means dictatorship, corruption and lawlessness. In the absence of a workable parliament and a judicial system that is in Skerrits pocket we, the electorate and citizens need to hold him accountable now. Make no mistake if it is not us nobody else is doing it. The bottom line is a state can not function the way Skerrit wants it.
    By the way, all DLP supporters that do not agree with me, do not come on here and tell me, we love our PM, Skerrit is great etc. but rather give me solid evidence that my accusations are wrong.

    • Gary
      January 2, 2018

      Why are you so arrogant, you sound so desperate, yes, from the things you are saying.When you can say that The PM controls The Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive, it shows you are beaten down and losing your sense of reason.Why are you making your political partisan beliefs do this to you.

      You made the statement that The PM controls The Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive branches of Government, is this a fact, can you provide evidence of such thing, do you know how ludicrous you sound. You are asking DLP supporters to provide evidence when say “we love our PM, Skerrit is great etc” when someone says they love somebody it’s subjective and relative they do not have to provide evidence to prove such thing to you and if they do you still would not accept it, pity you again.

  3. Allergic 2 ur BS Skerrit
    December 30, 2017

    Parliament chastized for not holding Leader & P.M of Dominica’s Neo Labour Party accountable

    When will we hear or read Dominica’s highest court has ruled that the parliament failed to hold P.M Rossevelt sales Medard Skerrit to account in a scandal over state- Passport sales to his country ,building of a mansion which was originally said was a $450,000.00 EC residence ,fuelling opposition calls for him to be impeached.
    The constitutional court ordered the national assembly to make rules that allow the P.M to be impeached, adding to Skerit’s difficulties after he was replaced last week by Reginald Austrie as leader of the ruling Dominica Neo Labour Party.

    • Gary
      January 3, 2018

      A court chastizing a Parliament for not holding a leader accountable and corrupt is silly and worthless, sounds good, means nothing, such ruling only give solace to The Opposition Party. It is the electorate the people of the country, they have the power to remove the Parliamentarians and their leader, isn’t Zuma and the Parliamentarians still in power, despite the court ruling. When the electorate of Dominica decides The PM and his DLP Party is corrupt and not accountable to them they will be removed from office as it was done in the past with other Governments, until then wallow in your fantasy.

  4. duck1951
    December 29, 2017

    I cited this about 2 years ago. One of the most corrupt politicians on the African continents . They should confiscate most of this stuff , sell it to replenish the treasury . Wrong is wrong !
    the ANC is as culpable .

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