ATM calls for a secret ballot when MPs decide Mkhwebane's fate

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The party's president, Vuyo Zungula, requested that Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula consider a secret ballot for in order to mitigate the chances of the ANC coercing its members on how to vote.

CAPE TOWN - The African Transformation Movement said it wants the National Assembly to vote in secret on whether or not to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office.

In the lengthy letter to the speaker, Zungula set out why he believes Monday’s impeachment vote should be held in secret. He added that ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has reportedly threatened ANC members of Parliament who don’t vote for Mkhwebane’s removal.

 

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