Ramaphosa may lose the post of president of South Africa
2022.12.01 11:10
Ramaphosa may lose the post of president of South Africa
Budrigannews.com – On Thursday, the commission’s report found preliminary data that indicate that Cyril Ramaphosa may have committed serious misconduct. His office said they were going to make a bid that threatens the future of South African President Cyril Ramphosa.
The Farmgate scandal, which surfaced in July, was connected with the investigation of the alleged theft of a million dollars from the gaming complex of President Philip Philipp in 2020.
The theft raised questions about the acquisition of funds by Ramaphos, as well as whether he declared or did not declare them. Ramaphosa came to power promising to fight against corruption. The President has not been accused of any crime and has not denied any wrongdoing.
Before the recovery, the rand lost more than $ 4 compared to the dollar, and Ramaphosa’s assumption of his resignation led to a sharp drop in the sovereign dollar bond of South Africa. The report exposed the ANC’s ruling African National Congress to a crisis, and the country’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, called for early elections.
After a decade-long corruption scandal with former President Jacob Zoom, it also threatens Ramaphosa’s efforts to restore investor confidence in Africa’s most industrialized nation.
The ANC announced that the executive committee will meet on Friday evening to discuss the group’s report and will postpone the scheduled Thursday meeting. Reuters asked Ramfosa’s spokesman Vincent Magway about the progress of a local media report that the president needed to address the people on Thursday, and replied: “There will be an application soon… We’ll tell you, but I can’t confirm the date and time.
“In an interview with Reuters, South African Foreign Minister Nalad Pandor called the panel’s report a “very disturbing moment,” and two cabinet ministers demanded Ramaphosa’s resignation.” The Hawks, an elite police force, said they were still investigating the theft at Ramaphos Farm.
The central bank said it had not revealed anything about the investigation of currency controls. This month, the ANC will hold an election conference, where it will be decided whether Ramaphos will run for second place in the ANC list for 2024.
Nkosazan Dlamini Zuma, Zuma’s ex-husband, who narrowly lost to Ramaphosa in the 2017 ANC presidential election, tweeted late on Wednesday: “It seems to me that the president should step aside now and be in charge of this case.” The candidate for the leadership of the APK this month, the Minister of the tourism industry, Lindiv Sisulu, wrote: “The KR should resign immediately!”
According to the statement of the Parliament, Ramaphos asked the chairman of the Upper House of Parliament to “carefully consider the time… the next action plan that needs to be taken,” when he postponed a planned speech on Thursday in parliament to answer questions from legislative bodies.
The Parliament, in which the majority of seats are occupied by the APK, and the meeting of the report will be held on December 6 is not related to the recommendations of the Commission.
The next stage of the impeachment process will be the creation of an impeachment committee, which has much greater powers than a group of expert speakers, including the possibility of issuing a subpoena.
This committee may adopt a recommendation on the appointment of Ramaphosa to the post, which will then be decided by Parliament.
