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Court to rule on EFF MPs next week─── 09:42 Sat, 20 Dec 2014
Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court will next week deliver judgment on the EFF's quest for an urgent interdict against sanctions implemented by Parliament against 20 of its MPs.
The matter came before the court yesterday but was adjourned after Judge Dennis Davis heard arguments from Dumisa Ntsebeza, for the Economic Freedom Fighters, and Willie Duminy, for Parliament.
Speaking to reporters yesterday, Duminy said the interdict sought by the EFF contained orders that could only be decided by the Constitutional Court.
Following the National Assembly's adoption of the committee's report, six EFF MPs were suspended for 30 days without pay, six for 14 days without pay, and eight were ordered to apologise to the House and fined 14 days' salary.
The matter originated with the "pay back the money" incident in the National Assembly on August 21 this year, when EFF MPs chanted and banged on their desks, disrupting President Jacob Zuma's replies to questions.
Parliament said in a statement it would wait until Tuesday to comment and would oppose whatever relief the EFF sought.
Sapa
