In a letter to the JSC, he demands reasons for its decision to recommend his suspension.
In a letter to the JSC, the Western Cape judge president demands reasons for its decision to recommend his suspensionThe JSC has advised President Ramaphosa to suspend judge president John Hlophe after it found he was guilty of gross misconduct. Picture: Mohau Mofokeng
The letter, sent on Wednesday, followed the JSC’s decision on Monday night to advise the president to suspend Hlophe after its decision that he was guilty of gross misconduct and to refer him to parliament for possible impeachment. In the judge president’s letter to the JSC, Hlophe’s attorney Barnabas Xulu, also asked the JSC to explain why it had decided to suspend Hlophe without hearing oral “representations and argument” from Hlophe, as he had requested.
“The JSC did not respond to that request, and, without explanation, failed to provide an opportunity for judge president Hlophe’s legal representatives to address the JSC meeting,” he said.The composition of the meeting that decided that Hlophe was guilty of gross misconduct was one of the main grounds upon which he challenged the gross-misconduct finding in court. Though he lost in the high court, he was granted leave to appeal and that litigation is still ongoing.
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