Parliament should think twice before rubberstamping the decision to fire chief prosecutor Vusi Pikoli because all indications are that he could successfully challenge it in court, opposition parties warned on Tuesday.
The African Christian Democratic Party said if he did so, Pikoli would expose the political reasons that prompted President Kgalema Motlanthe to fire him and the bias of the ANC-dominated ad hoc committee reviewing his removal from office.
"It will clearly end up in court and all of us who have done the deliberating will end up in the dock," ACDP justice spokesman Steve Swart told the parliamentary committee.
"Let us bear that in mind."
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