Corte Costituzionale
Ramaphosa refuses to resign over Phala Phala panel report
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President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed South Africans on Monday to declare he will not resign following the Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala matter. He announced plans to seek a judicial review of the independent panel report. The president maintained that he has committed no crime.
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that Parliament acted unconstitutionally by blocking an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2022. The decision requires the National Assembly to establish an impeachment committee to examine the Phala Phala matter. Opposition parties immediately called for the president's resignation.
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The Democratic Alliance says it will participate in any impeachment process following the Constitutional Court ruling that found the National Assembly acted inconsistently with the Constitution in the Phala Phala matter.
The process of appointing Adies Kadir as a Constitutional Court (MK) judge candidate by Indonesia's DPR has been deemed compliant with legal and constitutional standards. Constitutional law experts confirm that the mechanism is clearly outlined in the 1945 Constitution. The switch from Inosentius Samsul to Adies Kadir is also legally justified.
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Constitutional Court Magistrate Carlos Camargo filed a ponencia to provisionally strike down the economic emergency decree issued by the Government on December 22, 2025. He argues that it fails to meet constitutional requirements for a sudden and unforeseeable crisis, aiming to prevent irreversible effects while the case is decided on merits. Business groups like Fenalco and the National Business Council back this view, while President Gustavo Petro warns of a fiscal crisis if suspended.
Due magistrati della Corte Costituzionale hanno espresso dissenso dall'assoluzione di Miguel López per l'omicidio della suocera nel 2016. In voti particolari, sostengono che la decisione invia un 'messaggio perturbante' e priva i procuratori di un processo equo. Il caso ha attraversato più livelli giudiziari dopo la distruzione di una sentenza iniziale.