The African National Congress (ANC) has disputed claims that its Members of Parliament (MPs) were pressured to reject the Section 89 report on Phala Phala. 👩⚖️ court
The advocate revealed the ATM itself agreed to a proposal by the Democratic Alliance to have a manual voting process during the same meeting. This would mean voting could not be secret.
“It’s perfectly understandable for the Speaker to say ‘I already made my decision and you yourselves confirmed that you supported what the DA said and the reasons the DA provided’,” he said.“What this shows is that it is utterly false on this fact that it is the ANC driving the open voting system. It was also the DA and everybody else.
“Some members of the ANC explicitly stated what their position was going to be and the Speaker said she took that into consideration in her letter,” he continued.The advocate further dispelled the view that the ANC does not want to hold the president accountable on the Phala Phala matter. “[The ANC is saying] at a certain point in time [these investigations] will all be conclusive and once the picture is clear they may reconsider its position. So this idea that the topic is closed because of that vote is unfounded.
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