DA federal chairperson Helen Zille said on Thursday the partys urgent high court challenge to parliaments decision to send impeached judge and MK Party leader John Hlophe to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was a stand for the values of our constitutional democracy.
The DA and two other organisations were scheduled to present arguments in the Western Cape High Court in a bid to interdict Hlophe's designation to the JSC the body which previously found him guilty of misconduct.
Hlophe became the first judge to be impeached in a democratic South Africa after the National Assembly overwhelmingly voted for his removal.
DA supporters dressed in blue held placards outside the court entrance, one of them reading: The judges of judges must be fit and proper.
Zille said the party acknowledged the right of political parties to nominate representatives to the JSC. However, the appointment of an individual with a tarnished record to this critical role is a blatant disregard for the standards of integrity and propriety that our judicial system demands. It also exacerbates the publics distrust in political processes.
