The EFF’s motion of no confidence in National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was defeated on Wednesday.
A majority of the assembly’s members voted against the motion with only 42 supporting it and 73 abstentions.
“She allowed the police to invade parliament and made it worse by calling on the security forces of South Africa to enter the chamber to intimidate peaceful members of parliament,” he said. “Whenever Mr. Ramaphosa is being held accountable she chooses violence. She chooses to abuse her powers, violate the constitution and the rules of the National Assembly,” said Malema.
Motivating for the speaker’s removal, Malema accused Mapisa-Nqakula of protecting Ramaphosa including her decision to reject the ATM and other parties’ request for a secret ballot on the vote to establish the Section 89 committee into the Phala Phala saga despite MPs being threatened with removal by the ANC should they decide to vote with their conscience.
“We must be clear that we have anarchists and agents of destruction in our midst, who have manipulated their way into this sacred space of consensus-building debate, to actively thwart freedom of speech and violate the liberties given to each member of this house,” said Dlakude. While the DA agreed with the EFF that Mapisa-Nqakula was not suitable to head the legislature, it did not support the EFF motion saying it was deficient and procedurally flawed.
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