African Charter, to which they are parties and embodied in their Constitutions, Declaration of Human Rights (in the case of the Respondent, Chapter III of its 1986 Constitution). 79.The Community Court of Justice is the mandated institution in the Community legal order, charged with the responsibility to jealously protect and safeguard these rights of the community citizens. This is why, when actions of governments of Member States conflict with the provisions of the African Charter and any other international human rights instruments they are parties to, this Court will, when the issue is submitted before it, determine the issue of breaches of the fundamental human rights of the citizen. Following the exposition above, this Court holds that the objection of the Respondent that by hearing this application, the Court will be interfering in a national political matter is not sustainable and is hereby dismissed. VIII. MERITS: a. Alleged violation of right to fair trial: 80.It is the case of the Applicant that the impeachment process contravenes Article 43 of the Constitution and the House standing rules. The Applicant submits that “upon receipt of the Petition of Impeachment, the House of Representatives promptly set up a Special Ad-Hoc Committee, forwarding same to the said Ad-Hoc Committee in clear violation of Article 57.3 of the House’s Rules which confers exclusive jurisdictional authority on the House of Representatives’ Standing Committee on Judiciary to handle all matters involving judicial officials.” 32

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