ANC politicians called out by EFF's Malema DID vote to keep Zuma in office

06 April 2016 - 13:21 By TMG Digital

Deputy president‚ Cyril Ramaphosa‚ finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas‚ were among MPs who voted against a parliamentary motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday night. The EFF's Julius Malema had singled out Ramaphosa‚ Gordhan and Jonas‚ asking them to vote in favour of the motion against Zuma.ANC parliamentary caucus to respond on ‘impeachment motion’A list of those who voted against the motion was made public by the Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier‚ who said: "Here is the record of ANC MPs who shamefully voted against removing SA President from office".So in the end Pravin Gordhan voted "no" and opposed the removal of @SAPresident from office in @ParliamentofRSA! pic.twitter.com/ZhI0HfZg2N— David Maynier MP (@DavidMaynier) April 5, 2016WidthHere is the record of @MyANC_ who shamefully voted against removing @SAPresident from office in @ParliamentofRSA! pic.twitter.com/4Cb9zd7iug— David Maynier MP (@DavidMaynier) April 5, 2016asdGordhan made an outspoken speech on corruption on the day before the vote‚ saying: "Once our actions are seen to be incongruent with this important document (Constitution) … we must know we have moved away from our duty to serve our people‚ we have broken our contract.‘High-level civil society alliance’ to outline campaign to oust Zuma"Good institutions stand between anarchy and our collective prosperity. The recent developments such as the Constitutional Court judgment are a testimony to the vibrancy and resilience of our democratic institutions‚ and all of us should be very proud of that."The speech was seen as a veiled criticism of Zuma who was the subject of a scathing Constitutional Court ruling last week.Jonas recently made headlines when he revealed that Zuma’s friends‚ the Gupta family‚ had approached him to take over as finance minister‚ suggesting that the president allowed the businessmen to make executive decisions on his behalf...

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