It seems as if President Zuma has told the ANC Top Six to “shove it” after they called for him to resign on Sunday night. We look at what the ANC can do now?
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and the rest of the ANC Top Six met with President Jacob Zuma on Sunday evening. It is believed that they asked him to resign before SONA. To cut a long story short, he said no…
These various reports now indicate that Zuma has defied the wishes of the ANC top six and the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) who instructed the top six to ask Zuma to resign last week. With the State of The Nation Address (SONA) now just days away, Ramaphosa is faced with arguably his first mammoth test as party president.
EFF leader Julius Malema is known for being the “oracle” of ANC ongoings and he took to Twitter on Sunday to explain that Zuma believes he has complied with the law and has no reason to resign early.
He refused to resign and he told them to take a decision to remove him if they so wish to do so because he didn’t do anything wrong to the country. He’s arguing that he complied with all legal instructions including paying back the money, what more do they want from him
— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) February 4, 2018
There are even other reports claiming Zuma showed up at the meeting with a list of demands that included not being prosecuted. The top six reportedly refused this condition.
After the meeting ended on Sunday night, the NWC was informed of an emergency meeting that would take place at 14:00 on Monday.
So now that Zuma is defying the ANC’s “good cop”, how else can the party show him the door?
Gwede Mantashe said this weekend that the ANC was starting to regain the people’s trust, allowing Zuma to speak will move the party 3 steps back for the one they took forward in December.
Legally, a party recall would not obligate Zuma to resign, if he still wanted to refuse, he could.
This manner is the least desirable for the ANC as any motion would remove Zuma and his entire cabinet. The move will also be used heavily against the party by the opposition.
The NWC will today decide if it wants an NEC meeting to be called or not. Keep your eyes peeled this afternoon, it’s going to be one hell of a week…