President delivers opening statements to Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture
President Cyril Ramaphosa considered resigning as former president Jacob Zuma’s deputy in the face of state capture but chose not to, saying there would have been “fewer impediments” to stop Zuma’s administration and it would have continued unhindered.
“At the meeting when former president Zuma informed the ANC officials of his decision, I raised my concern that the minister [of finance Nhlanhla Nene] and the deputy minister were being removed based on an unsubstantiated intelligence report,” Ramaphosa said in opening statements at the commission. Having completed his testimony on behalf of the governing ANC, Ramaphosa will now questioned about his term as Zuma’s deputy in government and explain why he did not resign in protest at state capture. Ramaphosa said he at the time thought not resigning and resisting “was the better and best cause of action”.
He said Zuma’s removal of Nene as finance minister forced him stand up to Zuma as a result of the collapse of the financial markets. He said he, along with ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte, insisted that Des van Rooyen be immediately discharged and Pravin Gordhan appointed as finance minister to bring stability.
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