An African National Congress (ANC) parliamentary lekgotla held in Ekurhuleni is aware of a “coalition” by opposition parties to remove the ruling party from power, party leader whip Pemmy Majodina has said.
The ANC caucus is meeting this weekend to plan the way forward for the upcoming 2024 general election, where voter support below 50% has been widely predicted for the 110-year-old political party.
The opposition parties want the ANC out of power
Speaking on the sidelines of a lekgotla held in Boksburg, Majodina said the country had said that eliminating the ANC was a priority for opposition parties.
“They are trying with a movement against the president [Cyril Ramaphosa] and distrust the Speaker [Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula] – which we all lose. And we know there’s another movement in the pipeline against the president again and we’re going to beat that too.
“They have agreed to work together and remove the power of the ANC. The coalition is almost there against the ANC,” he said.
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Mapisa-Nqakula survived moving
Mapisa-Nqakula on Wednesday survived a motion of no confidence tabled by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the National Assembly.
This comes after ANC MPs blocked the adoption of the Phala Phala report last year, saving Ramaphosa from facing impeachment proceedings.
The red beret is still upset that Mapisa-Nqakula kicked him out of Cape Town city hall for disrupting President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) in February.
During the debate, EFF leader Julius Malema accused the Speaker of Parliament of degenerating into a place of “violence, censorship and an arena where the Constitution is disrespected and violated.”
Malema further accused the Speaker of having a pre-determined agenda to protect Ramaphosa from all scrutiny, at all costs.
ANC deputy chief whip Doris Dlakude labeled the EFF as “anarchists” and accused them of “political theatre” and “grandiosity” to make a name for themselves.
“These are enemies of the Constitution who have clearly shown that they do not respect the rules that govern this House and continue to violate and violate these rules for personal gain, populism and false relevance,” he said.
On Wednesday, 234 MPs voted against the motion while 42 supported his dismissal and 73 opposed.
The ANC’s parliamentary lekgotla will end on Sunday.
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