ActionSA has written to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza demanding formal confirmation that the revived Section 89 Impeachment Committee will not be “artificially constrained” by the 2022 evidentiary record.

The Constitutional Court ruled that the National Assembly acted illegally, unlawfully, and irrationally when the majority in Parliament voted against adopting the Independent Panel's report in 2022.

It ordered that the independent panel’s report be officially referred to a parliamentary Impeachment Committee.

Now ActionSA insists on evaluating all subsequent developments.

The party’s parliamentary leader Athol Trollip noted that while the inquiry's subject matter remained tied to the initial Section 89 process, he argued that the accountability process must take into account events and facts that have emerged since.

The party is requesting formal clarification to ensure that the Impeachment Committee can consider relevant supplementary evidence and developments arising after 2022.

ActionSA asserted that any credible constitutional inquiry must be empowered to review all relevant evidence to determine if President Cyril Ramaphosa committed conduct contemplated under Section 89 of the Constitution.

"This is an effort to ensure that Parliament does not repeat the same constitutional failures of 2022 as identified by the Constitutional Court. South Africans deserve a process that is thorough, credible, and free from political shielding or procedural limitation," the party emphasised.