Picture File: President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to the State Of The Nation debate in the National Assembly on 18 February 2021 in Cape Town. Picture: Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams
The push by suspended ANC MP Mervyn Dirks to drag him before the standing committee on public accounts was part of a strategy by the party’s radical economic transformation faction to weaken his grip on power, according to political analysts. Dirks, who yesterday refused to comment to The Citizen, saying he was “still going back to court on the matter of suspension”, has been stripped of his parliamentary responsibilities, with his Scopa membership withdrawn.
“This is a blow for the president because it is a criminal act to withhold information – knowing about the misuse of state funds by the party and doing nothing about it. Unfortunately, you cannot spin that,” said Breakfast.
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