Masu fafutukar 'Yancin Tattalin Arziki da Shugaban Majalisar Tarayya (2017)

Masu fafutukar 'Yancin Tattalin Arziki da Shugaban Majalisar Tarayya

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Masu fafutukar 'Yancin Tattalin Arziki da Sauransu v Shugaban Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa da kuma wani hukuncin da Kotun Tsarin Mulki ta Afirka ta Kudu ta yanke a shekarar 2017 kan wajibcin da kundin tsarin mulkin Majalisar ya rataya a wuyan Shugaban kasa kan halinsa. A wani hukunci mafi rinjaye da mai shari’a Chris Jafta ya rubuta, kotun ta umurci majalisar dokokin kasar da ta yi ka’idojin tsige shugaban kasa a karkashin sashe na 89 na kundin tsarin mulkin kasar da kuma yin amfani da wadannan ka’idojin wajen tantance ko shugaba Jacob Zuma ya aikata laifin da ba za a iya tsige shi ba wajen kin bin rahoton da hukumar kare hakkin jama’a ta bayar. Sakamakon badakalar Nkandlagate, shari’ar na da alaka da siyasa, kuma masu sukar sun ce umarnin kotun ya saba wa raba madafun iko.

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Duba kuma: Nkandlagate

Batun na daya daga cikin wasu da dama da suka taso daga Nkandlagate, badakalar da jama'a suka yi na inganta gidan Jacob Zuma na Nkandla a lokacin da Zuma ke shugabantar Afirka ta Kudu. Ko da yake rahoton watan Maris na 2014 na Jami'ar Kare Jama'a, Thuli Madonsela, ya gano cewa Zuma ya ci gajiyar wannan gyare-gyaren, amma ba a aiwatar da matakin da jami'an kare hakkin jama'a suka dauka ba. Jam’iyyun adawa na Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) da Democratic Alliance (DA) biyu, sun nemi shari’a, inda a watan Maris din 2016 ne kotun tsarin mulkin kasar ta yanke hukunci a EFF da shugaban majalisar dokokin kasar; DA v Kakakin Majalisar Tarayya (EFF I). A cikin EFF I, Kotun Tsarin Mulki ta ce matakin da jami’an kare hakkin jama’a ya dauka ya dace kuma Shugaban kasa da Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa sun saba wa Kundin Tsarin Mulki har suka kasa aiwatar da shi.

Bayan EFF I, jam'iyyun adawa sun gabatar da wasu kudirori da dama na rashin amincewa da Zuma a karkashin sashe na 102 na kundin tsarin mulkin kasar (ciki har da wanda aka gudanar ta hanyar jefa kuri'a a asirce bayan hukuncin da kotun tsarin mulkin kasar ta yanke a watan Yuni 2017 a United Democratic Movement v Speaker) da kuma kudirin tsige shi daga mukaminsa a karkashin sashe na 89. Duk wani kudiri ya sha kaye a majalisar dokokin Afrika, wadda Zuman Congress ta kasa ke jagoranta.

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Jam'iyyun adawa uku - EFF, United Democratic Movement, da Congress of the People - sun tunkari kotun tsarin mulkin kai tsaye, suna masu cewa majalisar dokokin kasar wajibi ne a tsarin mulkin kasar ta dorawa Zuma alhakin gaza aiwatar da rahoton na kare al'umma. Sun nemi a ba su umarni da ke bayyana cewa Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa ta gaza wajen wannan aiki. Musamman ma, sun bayar da hujjar cewa a karkashin sashe na 89 (1) na Kundin Tsarin Mulki, wanda ya bai wa Majalisar Dokokin Kasar damar tsige Shugaban “saboda wani babban take hakkin Kundin Tsarin Mulki ko Doka”, Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa ta zama wajibi ta gudanar da bincike don sanin ko halin Shugaba Zuma (dangane da rahoton Hukumar Kare Jama’a, da kuma yadda aka saba da shi a EFF I) ya zama “mummunan tsarin mulki.

Kotun tsarin mulki ta saurari karar a ranar 5 ga Satumba 2017, tare da Tembeka Ngcukaitobi mai wakiltar EFF da Dali Mpofu mai wakiltar United Democratic Movement da Congress of the People. An haɗa DA a matsayin ƙungiya mai shiga tsakani, don neman taimako iri ɗaya kamar yadda masu nema, kuma an shigar da Watch Corruption Watch a matsayin amicus curiae. Duk da cewa masu gabatar da kara sun bayyana shugaba Zuma a matsayin wanda ake kara na biyu, amma ba a nemi wani umarni a kansa ba kuma bai shiga cikin shari'ar ba; Shugaban majalisar ya nuna adawa da bukatar a matsayinta na wakiliyar majalisar. An yanke hukunci a ranar 29 ga Disamba 2017.