The Umkhonto weSizwe Party MKP has expressed its disdain after a judgment was handed down on Friday by the Western Cape High Court against its deputy president, Dr John Hlophe who was interdicted from taking part in any Judicial Services Commission JSC activities.
Judge Johannes Daffue handed down judgment in an application by the Democratic Alliance, Corruption Watch and Freedom Under Law FUL after they each applied to have Hlophe recused from the JSC separately.
Its national office told IOL it was disappointed in the judgment.
The Umkhonto weSizwe Party notes with great disappointment but with no surprise because as we have always said. This judicial system is captured. This is not a judgment but a political ploy to ensure that Judge Hlophe does not participate in the JSC. In actual fact, more than anything else, the reality is that the National Assembly draws its powers from the Constitution and by virtue of that is allowed to make its own rules.
For a court and some judges to now want to come to a conclusion that they can now make a determination whether the National Assembly applied the laws of the back of the Constitution correctly or not for him to participate in the JSC which he is supposed to be allowed to as a member of the National Assembly. And then, coming to this conclusion just demonstrates that the judicial system is now entering the political landscape. It is getting deeper, it said.
