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The Citizen reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa is pushing back against a court ruling that found that his decision to sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act into law could be reviewed.
Ramaphosa has filed a notice with the Gauteng North High Court indicating his intention to appeal the judgment. The case had been brought forward by the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) and the SA Private Practitioners Forum (SAPPF). Confirming that it had jurisdiction to hear the matter, the court ruled in the applicants’ favour earlier this month. Judge Mpostoli Twala went on to order Ramaphosa to submit documents explaining the reasoning behind his decision to sign the NHI Act on 15 May 2024. Twala also instructed the president to comply within 10 days, setting a deadline of 16 May. However, Ramaphosa has since chosen to appeal the decision. In his application for leave to appeal, Ramaphosa notified the court of his intention to approach the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) directly by 27 May. He stated that if the ConCourt agreed to hear the case, the proceedings in the high court would be withdrawn. Ramaphosa argued that his appeal has “reasonable prospects of success” and claimed the court had made “errors of law and fact.” His court papers indicate: “Having failed to find that this matter was politically sensitive which meant the Constitutional Court enjoyed exclusive jurisdiction, the court also erred in failing to take into account the breadth of the discretion enjoyed by the president.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Molefe Seeletsa at The Citizen
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