President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has filed a petition with the Constitutional Court to have a parliamentary report that implicated him in a corruption scandal and whose conclusions opened the door for impeachment proceedings against him overturned.
In a document submitted to the supreme court, a copy of which was obtained by AFP on Monday, the head of state demanded that the report submitted to parliament on Wednesday be “reviewed, declared illegal and not taken into account”, while the report is still pending.
The 70-year-old Ramaphosa, who has been embarrassed by the scandal for several months, is accused of trying to cover up a burglary at one of his properties in 2020 by not declaring it to the police or tax authorities. The criminals took $580,000 in cash, hidden under the cushions of a sofa.
Source: African News