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South Africa’s ANC demands Zuma resignation, threatening no-confidence vote
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 14, 2018 12:40pm |
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| Author | Krista Mahr |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 14, 2018 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress warned President Jacob Zuma that he would be ousted by Parliament on Thursday if he did not resign by the end of the day Wednesday, even as he broke his silence to say he was being victimized.
For more than a week, South Africa has been suspended in a state of limbo as the ANC has tried to persuade Zuma, whose nine years in office have been marked by corruption allegations and steep losses in voter support, to step down and renew South Africans’ faith in the party that brought the nation out of the apartheid era.
Zuma broke his silence in a televised interview with public broadcaster SABC on Wednesday, saying he had been victimized. His rambling monologue showed that the drama around his presidency had yet to run its course and that the country might face the spectacle of watching a president being voted out by his party.
“There’s nothing I’ve done wrong,” he said. “I don’t think it’s fair.”
Despite announcing their decision to recall Zuma on Tuesday, ANC officials have been reticent about why they think he should resign, in an apparent reluctance to broach the matter of the numerous corruption scandals he has been embroiled in.
During the interview, Zuma stated repeatedly that he did not agree with his party’s decision to order him out of office before his term is up next year, saying it was not in keeping with party’s tradition. He warned that infighting among leaders in the governing party could end in violence on the streets between ANC supporters who disagree with one another.
“The manner in which you remove the president is a very serious matter . . . you don’t force people,” Zuma said. “I think we are being plunged in a crisis that I’m sure my comrades, my leaders will regret. Some people may not like this, may feel something is wrong.” |
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