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Malema says Ramaphosa used his majority in Parliament not to be held accountable on the Phala Phala matter.
He says the Speaker had no right to stop point if orders."We cannot be evicted as a group," Malema says.Steenhuisen apologises to Ramaphosa for delaying the proceedings. He says when the security services rushed in, there were not threat, and they came in before she called them in. He wants it on the record that they will not let it go because it is important that members are not intimidated by the security services.Malema talks about the violent nature of their ejection out of the House. He says the Speaker's conduct was unparliamentary.Malema says the whole state has been collapsed in the protection of one man."Parliament has degenerated, the executive has degenerated, the judiciary has degenerated in the protection of one man," he says.
He asks her to examine the footage and ensure that the rules are upheld. She says she will watch the footage. She says the EFF members"were not invited to climb the stage where the President was sitting".She says they will have to go back to the Hansard and the recordings.Police do not want journalists outside the entrance. Things are tense. PPU officers have also gathered at the entrance of the City Hall.Outside the City Hall, Public Order Policing are at every corner.
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