The African Transformation Movement (ATM) calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to do the right thing and appoint Justice Mandisa Maya as the next Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa. This is after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended to President Ramaphosa to consider the Supreme Court Justice Maya as the next Chief Justice.
This was just announced in a statement by JSC Spokesperon Adv. Dali Mpofu, during a media briefing, which happened on Saturday, 05 February 2022.
“This JSC recommendation represents a major and difficult step in the transformation of our society in particular the judiciary. The ATM calls on President Ramaphosa to seize this moment and do the right thing without any further delay.” said ATM in a Statement.
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has warmly welcomed the JSC recommendation. The Party says it is impressed with Justice Maya’s track record on various aspects that were probed by the interviewing panel, whether it be leadership skills, administrative capacity, technical skills including writing hundreds of judgments, some of which were in an indigenous language ,isiXhosa .
“Her grasp of the challenges facing the Constitutional Court and judiciary in general are above par .In her vision statement she articulated a very clear ,concise and realistic roadmap including improving the credibility and integrity of the judiciary in the eyes of the society”, said National Spokesperson, Sibusiso Mncwabe.
“The ATM is hopeful that President Ramaphosa will respect diversity of skills and the investment by the members of the JSC who used objective criteria to arrive at their decision. The decision of the JSC has been widely echoed in various social media platforms and by South Africans in general and thus the country is waiting in anticipation of her confirmation as Chief Justice and the 1st woman in South Africa to achieve such a historic milestone.”
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