CRL Commission to ask ConCourt to clarify its powers
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) says it will be heading to the Constitutional Court following the Ngcobo killings.
CRL chairperson, Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva, says they want a declaration order clarifying whether its recommendation to have a regulatory framework for religious leaders and organisations is against the Constitution.
Mkhwanazi-Xaluva was briefing the media in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Mkhwanazi-Xaluva says they will be approaching the court after parliament told the commission that regulating religion is against the Constitution.
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Parliament and the CRL Rights Commission have been involved in a public spat following the killing of five policemen and a retired soldier at Ngcobo Police Station.
The Commission says it had warned Parliament over the Seven Angels Ministry, where some of the suspects were found hiding.
Mkhwanazi-Xaluva says the tragedy could have been avoided.
"And we need to look at the constitutionality of the process followed by all parties involved. We need them to say to us that we didn't follow procedure properly and violated the constitution.
"And that's all we asking of them. Look at what we did and look at where we are now. Can you help us with what is correct and what is wrong.”