Kaya 959 Reporter
A date has been set for the motion of no confidence against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
A similar motion will also be tabled on the same day against his cabinet.
The announcement was made on Thursday morning 10 March, by National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula that his vote of no confidence will be held on March 30.
“The scheduling of the two motions of no confidence in the president and in cabinet … I will provide feedback, but for now we are proposing the date of March 30 for both the debate and the voting for these two motions which have been submitted by both the ATM and the DA,”
“I have ruled that members of the executive will participate in the debate and will also participate in the vote because they are first and foremost MPs before they are members of the executive,” she said.
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Opposition parties in parliament have raised concerns about the vote, saying don’t get why it won’t be carried out in a secret ballot.
Mapisa-Nqakula also stated that the vote would be an open vote.
“On 30 March when we conduct these votes on these motions, the voting will be open, which will make things easy for our whips and make things easy for all parties.”
The DA’s Natasha Mazzone said that an open vote on an issue such as this would be very concerning to many MPs who felt that the process would not be fair.
While the UDM said, “For us who took the former speaker Baleka Mbete, if you recall, to the Constitutional Court on the secret ballot matter, there is no way that we can support an open ballot on a matter as important as this one.”
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