THE African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee (NEC) has ordered its MPs to vote against the adoption of the section 89 panel report in the National Assembly today, acting secretary-general Paul Mashatile has announced.
This means President Cyril Ramaphosa will survive the onslaught from his detractors, within and outside the ANC, who have been calling for his head. Mashatile said the NEC decided Ramaphosa must continue his duties as president of the ANC and South Africa.
The NEC decided to vote against the report because Ramaphosa is taking the report into the theft at his Phala Phala farm on judicial review at the Constitutional Court.
Ramaphosa on Monday filed court papers to review the section 89 impeachment report by an independent panel, headed by retired chief justice Sandile Ngcobo, which found Ramaphosa may have committed a serious violation of the law and serious misconduct in terms of the constitution.
The ANC national working committee (NWC) meeting on Sunday rejected a parliamentary report recommending Ramaphosa may have an impeachable case to answer. Most NWC members said there was no basis for Ramaphosa to resign over the report. — TimesLIVE
