Accountability for Zuma lies with the Speaker - EFF lawyer
5 September 2017
Johannesburg - No one can say there has ever been a thorough investigation into President Jacob Zuma's conduct following his failure to implement the Public Protector's report into Nkandla, the EFF's lawyer Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi said on Tuesday.
"The primary responsibility to hold someone accountable lies with the Speaker," he told the justices of the Constitutional Court.
He was arguing an application brought by opposition parties for Parliament to institute impeachment proceedings against Zuma.
The orders they seek include one declaring that National Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete failed to put in place all appropriate procedures and mechanisms to hold Zuma accountable, following the president's failure to implement recommendations in the former Public Protector's report into Nkandla in 2014.