But ATM president Vuyolwethu Zungula, who sponsored the motion, said in his affidavit that the MPs' faithfulness to the constitution would be tested through their conscience rather than instructions from party bosses.
Parliament's spokesperson, Moloto Mothapo, said on Thursday that after discussions in the high court chambers, Zungula's lawyers and parliament's legal team agreed for the matter to be postponed until February 4.The motion, tabled in terms of section 102 of the constitution by the party which has only two MPs, was unlikely to succeed in ousting Ramaphosa.Ahead of the now postponed debate, the ANC parliamentary caucus had vowed to close ranks around Ramaphosa.
The second biggest party in parliament, the DA, planned to abstain from the vote, describing the motion as “frivolous and a waste of parliament's programme”.
By the time they come back next he surely would have regained confidence and ATM would have lost theirs .