{"id":122519,"date":"2016-05-05T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T07:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=122519"},"modified":"2016-05-05T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T07:04:00","slug":"watch-eff-mps-physically-removed-from-the-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/122519\/watch-eff-mps-physically-removed-from-the-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: EFF MPs physically removed from the National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EFF MPs were physically removed from the National Assembly on Wednesday after they refused to let President Jacob Zuma speak.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament could allow an illegitimate president to speak in the House, EFF Chief Whip Floyd Shivambu said on Wednesday, a demand that eventually led to their forced removal.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma was due to give his budget vote in the National Assembly, but it got off to a slow start when the EFF called for debate on him being allowed to speak.<\/p>\n<p>The EFF said there was evidence that the president had not respected the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The EFF&#8217;s Godrich Gardee said they had written a letter to the speaker, calling for Zuma not to be allowed to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Baleka Mbete refused their request to debate the matter.<\/p>\n<p>EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said they had not asked Zuma to &#8220;break the law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to debate giving him money today, when he is facing over 700 charges of corruption,&#8221; 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