BREAKING: ‘All EFF members’ will NOT participate in SONA 2024

‘All EFF members’ will NOT participate in SONA 2024 following a court ruling barring party leaders.

BREAKING: ‘ALL EFF MEMBERS’ WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN SONA 2024

EFF said a statement that partial participation in the SONA activities and programme would imply that some of members agree with the ‘unlawful, undemocratic, and unconstitutional decisions of Parliament to forbid and banish elected members of Parliament.’

This comes as the Western Cape High Court dismissed with costs the EFF’s application against the suspension of six of its MPs, including party leader Julius Malema.

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THE EFF ON THURSDAY SAID ALL ITS MEMBERS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE

“All EFF members of Parliament will not participate in the 2024 SONA activities and programs, as there are undemocratic and unconstitutional, and the so-called State of the Nation Address in 2024 is an extended caucus of the ANC.

“Partial participation in the SONA activities and programme would imply that some of our members agree with the unlawful, undemocratic, and unconstitutional decisions of Parliament to forbid and banish elected members of Parliament. We will, therefore, not attend or participate in the ANC’s extended Parliamentary caucus.”

the EFF said a statement

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The EFF's Statement on the Western Cape High Court Judgment Against EFF Members of Parliament

-Consequently, all EFF Members of Parliament will not participate in the 2024 SONA activities and programme, as these are undemocratic and unconstitutional and the so-called State of… pic.twitter.com/xeTx9DuRhv

— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) February 8, 2024

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PARTIAL PARTICIPATION WOULD IMPLY OUR MEMBERS AGREE WITH THE UNLAWFUL DECISION

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address is taking place at Cape Town City Hall on Thursday.

The sitting brings together the three arms of the State under one roof.

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PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS IS TODAY

Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel said this year’s SONA is a chance for the president to take the nation into his confidence.

“To talk about the journey, what it is what we had as our aspirations in the economy, what were some of the challenges we faced, but also what are some of the progresses we made and how it has affected ordinary South Africans,”

the minister said.

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