According to political analyst Susan Booysens, President Ramaphosa should appoint Judge Mandisa Maya as the next Chief Justice and he should do it as soon as possible.
She added that Ramaphosa would probably have to accept the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)’s recommendation that Maya is the most suitable for the Chief Justice post.
The interviews for Chief Justice that took place last week have been slammed after some called the process into question.
In an unprecedented move, the JSC made its recommendation to the president less than a day after conducting its last interview.
Booysen said that the president now found himself in a no-win situation.
“It is almost a no-win situation for Ramaphosa. On the one hand, he has to and he chose to consult the JSC and they have given that opinion perhaps despite what is expected,” Booysens said.
She said that he would have to go with the JSC’s recommendation and appoint Judge Maya.
“But Ramaphosa will probably have to find the points of credibility and just go with the current recommendation and hope that it does not backfire in terms of credibility,” Booysens said.
The process has been lashed, with the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) saying that it had been tainted by politics.
Sources: EWN, The World News
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