Batch of EFF MPs Found Guilty of Breaking Parliamentary Rules During Gordhan’s Speech Last Year
Parliament has found 16 Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs guilty of misconduct for disrupting Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan w...
Parliament has found 16 Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs guilty of misconduct for disrupting Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan while he was delivering his budget speech in July last year.
In her closing arguments, initiator Advocate Ncumisa Mayosi told the powers and privileges committee there was “overwhelming evidence against the EFF MPs” before she found them guilty for breaking parliamentary rules and the Powers and Privileges Act.
“On the balance of probabilities, the evidence before the committee proves all of the charges against the affected members. The evidence before the committee has not been rebutted. I submit that a proper case has been made for a finding that each affected member contravened the provisions of Section 7A, 7B and 7E of the Act and accordingly each affected member is guilty of contempt of Parliament.”
The guilty verdict against the EFF MPs comes after video and oral evidence was presented to the committee last month.
Grace Boroto, who presided over the sitting, also gave evidence, saying that she didn’t know what the intentions of the EFF MPs were, fearing they would attack Gordhan
PUNISHMENT TO BE METED OUT IN 2021
Mayosi said that the matter was now up to the committee to decide on how to act against the MPs, with Parliament saying it’ll decide only next year on how to punish the EFF MPs found guilty of accosting and disrupting Gordhan.
“I submit that a proper case has been made for a finding that each affected member contravened the provisions of Section 7A, 7B and 7E of the Act and accordingly each affected member is guilty of contempt of Parliament in terms of Section 13A and 13C of the Act.”
EFF MP and committee member, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, requested a copy of the ruling before calling on the meeting to adjourn until next year.
“I think that we should receive the submission in writing, it will make our deliberations efficient and I think that we must accordingly adjourn the meeting, seeing that there will not be a quorum,” he said.
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