👩⚖️OUTA applies for an urgent interdict against President Cyril Ramaphosa to prevent any further momentum 🏃♀️ on a Minister of Electricity. CyrilRamaphosa OUTA TheCitizenNews Read the full story here⬇️
The lawfulness of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a national state of disaster was challenged on Thursday when Outa lodged an application for an urgent interdict against any further momentum on the matter.
South Africans learnt this the hard way when the sale of cooked food and roast chicken was banned at the genesis of the Covid-19 lockdown.“Outa believes the decision to declare the disaster was irrational, arbitrary and unlawful. It is the result of a crisis created by the government itself which has been more than 15 years in the making. It is unnecessary because laws already exist to enable urgent action to address the energy crisis.
Furthermore, Outa said that the state of disaster cannot be called merely for speculative reasons, such as the fear of a total blackout. The organisation refers to yet another plan, theThose who created problem in charge of fixing it The personal protective equipment scandals and billions lost under the previous state of disaster, during the pandemic, shows the dangers of setting aside the rules and circumventing the law, legally.
Roodt said: “This can create another opportunity for government to tweak the economy to suit their psyche and ideological purpose. It’s all happened before in various guises, and the results are always a disaster.
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