‘You don’t wish to be me’ — Baleka Mbete breaks silence on secret ballot
As the crunch vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma looms, Speaker Baleka Mbete breaks her silence on her secret-vote dilemma
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete will decide on Monday whether to allow a secret ballot in the vote on Tuesday's much-anticipated motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma. Breaking her silence on the issue for the first time in weeks, Mbete told the Sunday Times on Saturday that she was still agonising over what to do but denied that she was employing delaying tactics to avoid a possible court challenge by opposition parties. "You don't wish to be me, it's a difficult place to be. It's what Sotho people call kgomo ya moshate [damned if you do, damned if you don't]," Mbete said of the immense pressure she is under. Opposition parties say they are ready to go to court if Mbete refuses to allow a secret ballot, which the Constitutional Court has said she has the power to do. Read the full article in the Sunday Times.
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