Western Cape Chief Judge John Hlophe has been suspended.
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Parliament has slammed Western Cape Chief Justice John Hlophe's last-resort application to prevent the National Assembly from voting on his removal as “not strong” and removed it from the court's rolls. argues that it should.
Mr Hlophe refused to allow parliament to vote on his removal on Tuesday, 10 days before the scheduled vote, despite knowing since December that the Judiciary and Constitutional Portfolio Committee had recommended that he be removed from office. It has filed a 1,300-page application seeking an injunction. Vote.
In his application, he cited the Constitutional Court's objections to how he became one of two judges to face removal from the court and the consequent loss of his judicial salary for life. It is seeking an order requiring the judge to forfeit his judicial salary for life, pending the outcome of the motion. Congress and all parties in Congress must halt impeachment proceedings against him.
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