Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s lawyers have told the Judicial Service Commission that it has 'no right or power' to recommend that he be suspended – and could only have done so when it decided to try him for gross misconduct, a decade ago.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s lawyers have told the Judicial Service Commission that it has"no right or power" to recommend that he be suspended – and could only have done so when it decided to try him for gross misconduct, a decade ago.
That argument does not appear to have swayed the JSC, which on Monday confirmed that it had"deliberated and resolved to advise the President to suspend Judge President Hlophe in terms of Section 177 of the Constitution". President Cyril Ramaphosa will now need to decide whether he acts on the JSC’s advice, and suspends Hlophe, who has served as the Western Cape’s most powerful judge for well over two decades, before being found guilty gross misconduct.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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