President Cyril Ramaphosa asks Parliament to pause the impeachment process, seeking to delay the impeachment committee’s proceedings until after September. The move comes as Parliament faces deadlines to respond to court papers filed by Ramaphosa aimed at stopping or halting the committee’s work. Multiple reports describe Ramaphosa as trying to manage time-sensitive legal and parliamentary steps while the process remains active. Under the impeachment framework, Parliament is expected to take action following the lodging of the court challenge, including deciding how to respond while the matter is considered. The reports emphasize that the effort is driven by urgency: the impeachment committee is constrained by parliamentary timelines, and Ramaphosa’s legal application is intended to affect when the committee can proceed. While the exact legal arguments are not detailed across the provided accounts, they consistently frame the issue as a request for a delay linked to court proceedings, with the stated target of pushing the committee’s work to a later date after September.