Vote or no vote?: What some opposition parties are saying ahead of Ramaphosa's first no-confidence vote

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Here is what political parties have to say ahead of the debate of no confidence in Ramaphosa.

The official opposition party said it would abstain from the “frivolous” motion of no confidence against Ramaphosa.She said the DA's decision to abstain from the vote does not mean that party will not hold Ramaphosa accountable.

“This motion should serve as a wake-up call for the president to show some backbone by tabling his economic reconstruction and recovery plan before parliament for it to be passed and implemented without delay.”The IFP said “the president and the executive have not performed to the optimum ability” but had “steered the ship to the best of his ability”.

“He may have internal problems in his party but he needs to know and the country needs to know that he will have the support of people who would like to put the country first before corruption and any other misdemeanours, so we will consider our support or not but I would likely think that we would support the current president,” Singh told theModise, UMD leader Bantu Holomisa questioned the speaker's decision for MPs to vote openly, saying it was done in secret for former president Jacob...

 

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