South African Parliament to Review Rules Concerning Impeachment

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa's lawmakers will deliberate on a draft procedure relating to the removal of a sitting president of the country.

The move follows a December ruling by the nation's highest court, which said that the National Assembly failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account as required by section 89 of the country's constitution.

A subcommittee will meet on Jan. 10-11 to discuss the matter, the parliament said in a statement. Once the draft procedure is finalized by the subcommittee, it will be sent to the house of parliament for debate.

To contact the reporter on this story: Colleen Goko in Johannesburg at cgoko2@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Dana El Baltaji at delbaltaji@bloomberg.net, Alex Devine, Paul Jarvis

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