The Constitutional Court Nkandla judgment left Parliament no wiggle room to even try to spin its failure to execute its constitutional duty of overseeing and holding the executive to account. “The National Assembly’s resolution based on the (police) minister’s findings exonerating the president from liability is inconsistent with the Constitution and unlawful,” said the seminal and unanimous judgment delivered by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Parliament responded with a terse 50-word statement, saying it respected the ruling and “will abide accordingly”. What exactly that means is unclear, but the stage is being set at Parliament for another round in the Nkandla debacle as the DA announced it has requested a motion for President Jacob Zuma’s removal from office, while the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) called on Parliament to do the right thing. By MARIANNE MERTEN.