South Africa’s top jurists ruled parliament can hold a no-confidence vote against the president

South Africa’s top jurists ruled Thursday parliament can hold a no-confidence vote against the president by secret ballot — but left the ultimate decision to the house’s speaker, who has been one of the president’s staunchest defenders. “The Speaker of the National Assembly has the constitutional power to prescribe that voting in a no-confidence motion in…

Johannesburg (dpa) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the speaker of parliament can order a secret ballot in an upcoming no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma, a move that would open the way for members of his own party to vote against him. That might make it possible to eventually oust the president, who…