ANC laughs off calls for Zuma to be sacked, says state capture report ‘inconclusive’
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has laughed off yet another motion of no confidence in president Jacob Zuma when parliament votes on Thursday.
The vote was called by the Democratic Alliance after a report into state capture implicated the president.
“The DA has now made this an annual and frivolous ritual that is fast losing its meaning. At least once a year Parliament must be subjected to discussing a motion of no confidence brought by the DA and with no prospect of succeeding.
“The ANC respects the right of any party to invoke Section 89, however we regard it as a sign of growing arrogance on the part of the opposition that they believe they can command ANC Members of Parliament to vote against the President of the ANC and the Republic.
“The ANC calls on its representatives in Parliament to once again engage this frivolous motion on the basis of our superior arguments and proven track record of the ANC-led government in changing the lives of our people for the better,” Mantashe said.
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“This vote of no-confidence has no chance of succeeding,” he told a media gathering.
The secretary-general said that the ANC has considered the state of capture report and regards the issues contained therein very serious.
“The ANC is of the view however that the observations and remedial actions in the State of Capture report are inconclusive and contain no binding findings conferring guilt on any party,” Mantashe said.
He noted that the report calls for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of improper relationships and involvement of private interests in the running of the affairs of the State.
Mantashe said that the ANC supports the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry, adding that due regard must be given to the Constitutional prescripts that guide the establishment of such Commission.
He said that because parties who have been implicated in the report are intending to take the report on judicial review, “the ANC cannot therefore pre-empt the outcome of that process, hence the proposals received to convene a Special National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to consider the report were not acceded to”.
“Calls also, for the president to step down using the report as a basis are premature and unfounded,” Mantashe said.
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