Parliament committed to give effect to decision of ConCourt
22 June 2017
Parliament welcomes the direction provided today by the Constitutional Court regarding the application for a secret ballot in a vote of no confidence in the President. The Court has ruled that the Speaker of the National Assembly has the Constitutional power to determine if motions of no confidence should be conducted by way of a secret ballot or not.
Parliament wishes to reaffirm its commitment to give effect to the decision of the court.
The Speaker of the National Assembly had no personal or in-principle opposition to the use of a secret ballot in a vote of no confidence in the President. The Court confirmed this fact.
The view held by the Speaker was that she had no powers to grant the secret ballot in motions of no confidence, as informed by the prevailing factors: