'ANC will use party line method': Call for secret ballot when MPs vote on Mkhwebane's fate

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The ATM says the outcome of suspended Public Protector's removal is an open secret.

“The ANC will notoriously use the party line method of coercing its census members to vote in favour of the removal motion,” he said, citing theHe highlighted that the adoption of the Section 194 report was passed because MPs from the DA, ANC and FF+ in the committee supported Mkhwebane’s impeachment.

“Given the unprecedented large number of members of the committee, it is undesirable that the members who voted in favour of the removal motion at committee level should again predictably and openly add their votes in the National Assembly. This will only serve to undermine the integrity of the process in the eyes of the public,” Zungula said.

“Voting members of the ANC may well be inclined to please their president by being openly seen to vote according to his perceived wishes. “More so, since the ANC is currently going through its list process aimed at deciding which members will be returned to Parliament within the next few months. The timing of this particular vote adds to the dire need for a secret ballot.”

 

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