Johannesburg, May 12 (IANS) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his intention to take an Independent Panel report that suggests he may have violated the constitution for judicial review.Addressing the nation Monday night, following a landmark Constitutional Court ruling the previous Friday, Ramaphosa responded to the court’s directive that Parliament must initiate impeachment proceedings against him.This long-standing legal battle stems from the so-called “Phala Phala” scandal,…
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Johannesburg, May 12 (IANS) South Africa’s National Assembly will reopen impeachment-related proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa following a Constitutional Court ruling, local media reported.The Constitutional Court on earlier ruled that the country’s parliament acted unconstitutionally when it rejected an independent panel report on the Phala Phala matter involving Ramaphosa, reopening the possibility of impeachment proceedings against the head of state, Xinhua news agency reported.Ci…
Seoul, April 4 (IANS) Thousands of people took to the streets in central Seoul on Saturday, commemorating or opposing the ouster of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was convicted of insurrection, on the first anniversary of his removal from office. Nearly 1,000 people gathered in front of the Constitutional Court in central Seoul, holding pickets reading “End insurrection, treason” and calling for “grand social reform.”The rally came on the first anniversary of the Constitutional…
Seoul, March 12 (IANS) A set of judicial reform laws were officially proclaimed on Thursday, allowing constitutional appeals of South Korea’s Supreme Court rulings, punishment for judges who intentionally distort legal principles and an expansion of the top court.The reforms marked the first major overhaul of the current judiciary system since a constitutional amendment in 1987.The National Assembly, controlled by the ruling Democratic Party, passed the bills last month in a push for judiciary r…
Ljubljana, Dec 25 (IANS) Slovenia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that doctors employed in public medical institutions must be allowed to work in private practices during their free time, striking down a key provision of the government’s health reform.The provision, adopted by parliament in April, barred most publicly employed doctors from engaging in private practice. The government argued that the ban was necessary to improve efficiency in the national health-care system, reports Xinhua news …