ATM - ‘Phala Phala vote is an indication that the president and ministers are above the law’

ATM President Vuyo Zungula with Mzwanele Manyi and
the party legal adviser Malisela Teffo addressing the media.
File Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency(ANA)

ATM leader Vuyo Zungula said Tuesday’s decision by the ANC to use its majority in Parliament to vote against the adoption of the Section 89 independent panel report on the Phala Phala scandal is an indication that the president and ministers are above the law.

Of the 400 members of the National Assembly, 214 voted no, 148 yes, and two people indicated they were abstaining from the vote, with Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula saying that the motion for the impeachment process would not continue.

The majority of ANC MPs indicated that they would not support the motion, with five MPs, including Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Mervyn Dirks, Supra Mahumapelo and Mosebenzi Zwane, indicating that they wanted the motion to proceed.

Zungula said the decision was irrational as it was not a vote to impeach the president and instead, was a vote to allow Parliament to proceed with its investigation into the Phala Phala scandal.

By Kuben Chetty.

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