注:关于国家占领判决的“意见”

Q3 Social Sciences
M. Tsele
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这篇文章涉及一个有争议的问题,令人惊讶的是,这个问题只受到有限的学术质疑:公共保护者是否有权指示南非总统任命一个调查委员会。在这方面,我批评高等法院的一项判决,该判决以肯定的方式回答了这个问题。我认为,这一判决违背了包括宪法法院判例在内的以往判例法。因此,我认为法院误解了关于总统权力的法律,特别是当它得出结论认为这些权力不是纯粹的自由裁量权,而是涉及“与义务相结合的责任”时。这一推理导致法院得出结论,总统因此有宪法“义务”任命一个委员会。总之,我不同意法院的结论,即公共保护者有权指示总统任命一个调查委员会。我的结论是,这一决定造成了对公共保护人权力限制的不确定性。我进一步说,这个委员会,更广为人知的名字是“国家抓捕”委员会,是否合法成立值得怀疑。
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Notes: ‘Observations’ on the State Capture judgment
This note concerns a controversial issue that has, surprisingly, received limited academic interrogation: whether the Public Protector has the power to instruct the President of South Africa to appoint a commission of inquiry. In this respect, I critique a high court decision which answered the question in the affirmative. I contend that the judgment contradicts prior case law, including Constitutional Court precedent. Thus, I argue that the court misconstrued the law on the President’s powers, particularly when it concluded that those powers are not purely discretionary but entail ‘responsibilities’ which are ‘coupled with a duty’. This reasoning led the court to conclude that the President thus has a constitutional ‘obligation’ to appoint a commission. In summary, I take issue with the court’s conclusion that the Public Protector has the power to instruct the President to appoint a commission of inquiry. I conclude that the decision caused uncertainty on the limitations of the Public Protector’s powers. I further say it is questionable whether the commission, better known as the ‘State Capture’ commission, was established lawfully.
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