The opposition in South Africa has announced it will reject any move to elect a new President on Thursday in the national assembly.
South Africa’s parliament is expected to elect a new president to replace Jacob Zuma who resigned on Wednesday night.
Current deputy president and President of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to be elected as new president to replace his former boss.
The ruling African National Congress chief whip, Jackson Mthembu told a parliamentary committee meeting that “The office of the chief justice has made itself available today to officiate in the business of electing a new president.”
But the opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at a news conference on Thursday said the national assembly does not have the moral right to elect a new president as it calls for the dissolution of the parliament.
Julius Malema who leads the EFF said “Rampahosa doesn’t qualify to be the President of South Africa. If he thinks he does, let him go for an election.”
“5th parliament is guilty as Zuma is guilty. Court found we did not discharge our responsibility when it comes to Nkandla. Says no one deserves to be president. We must go back and get a fresh mandate,” Malema said.
The ANC on Tuesday decided to recall President Zuma and sack him as head of state after hours of meetings and negotiations.
Mr. Zuma was not willing to resign as was requested by the leadership of the ANC, hence the decision to remove him from office.
Source: Africafeeds.com
