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Politicians have differing opinions on the Phala Phala report following the Friday adjournment of the ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting.
After an independent panel’s report found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated the Constitution, members of the NEC convened for a brief meeting at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Friday.
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The special NEC meeting comes just two weeks before the ANC’s elective conference, which will take place from 16 to 20 December.
Paul Mashatile, the treasurer-general of the ANC, announced that the NEC would reconvene on Sunday after the ANC’s National Working Committee (NWC) had met to discuss the report.
The report will be processed by the NWC, which is made up of Mashatile, Ramaphosa, ANC chair Gwede Mantashe, and deputy president David Mabuza.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema responded to the adjournment by saying Ramaphosa’s people had won the first round.
“Cyril’s people won the first round by forcing the postponement of the NEC on a technical point of the process. They are buying themselves time by postponing the inevitable,” said Malema.
Cyril’s people won the first round by forcing the postponement of the NEC on a technical point of the process. They are buying themselves time by postponing the inevitable.
— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) December 2, 2022
Bheki Mtolo, the KwaZulu-Natal ANC provincial secretary, described the adjournment as a waste of time at the time.
“It’s something that is unprecedented because we thought were called in an NEC meeting because officials sat and reflected on the matter and go through NWC so that NWC makes recommendations to the NEC.
“But when we came here, it was discovered that those processes were not followed and unfortunately the NEC has to adjourn,” Mtolo told the media following the adjournment.
Ramaphosa’s resignation was not demanded by the KZN ANC, according to Mtolo, but “we trust he will do what is right for the country, himself, and the movement,” Mtolo said.
Enoch Godongwana, the minister of finance, asserted that he thought the adjournment was being blown out of proportion by some.
“The NEC says ‘we’re used to discuss things which have been processed and with recommendations.
“They start from the top 6 to the NWC, when they come to us, the recommendations and policy choices made before us. We don’t normally, as a big meeting like this, discuss raw things’.”
Ramaphosa’s resignation, he added, was not the best course of action. “It’s not ideal for him to resign particularly in this current environment, but if he does, there will of course be an immediate reaction.
“We will have to respond with two things: Make sure that the candidate that replaces him will provide the same credibility. Secondly, our communication of our policy stance remains consistent,” he told Newzroom Afrika on Friday.