By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to the halt the work of Parliament's impeachment committee is not beyond the law. That's the view of political analyst Prof. Dirk Kotze. Ramaphosa lodged an urgent court application in the Western Cape High Court- seeking to interdict the start of the impeachment process, pending the determination of his review against the section 89 independent panel report. That report is slated to be reviewed in September. You'll remember that the Constitutional Court ruled that Parliament's decision to clear President Ramaphosa of any wrong-doing in the Phala Phala Farm theft matter was flawed- and that an impeachment committee must be set up to review the matter. Prof Kotze explains while the President has the right to interdict the matter- the public could view this as a delaying tactic... 

<p>By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to the halt the work of Parliament's impeachment committee is not beyond the law. That's the view of political analyst Prof. Dirk Kotze. Ramaphosa lodged an urgent court application in the Western Cape High Court- seeking to interdict the start of the impeachment process, pending the determination of his review against the section 89 independent panel report. That report is slated to be reviewed in September. You'll remember that the Constitutional Court ruled that Parliament's decision to clear President Ramaphosa of any wrong-doing in the Phala Phala Farm theft matter was flawed- and that an impeachment committee must be set up to review the matter. Prof Kotze explains while the President has the right to interdict the matter- the public could view this as a delaying tactic...&nbsp;</p>

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