The president of the country was elected in the National Assembly by way of a secret ballot and so should be removed in the same way, United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa said in an affidavit filed in the Constitutional Court on Monday. The UDM has approached the court on an urgent basis in a bid to have the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma to be held on April 18 decided through a secret ballot. “I submit that if this is the scheme that applied when the president is elected by the members of the National Assembly, it must equally apply when those same members are forcing the president to resign by adopting a vote of no confidence against him,” he said. “It is difficult to conceive of any legitimate or sensible purpose that would be achieved by having such different procedures apply to these two situations.” The UDM, DA and EFF have requested an urgent debate and vote on a motion of no confidence following Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle and a downgrade of t...
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