The Constitutional Court ruling that pleases everyone
From the ANC to the opposition, to Parliament itself — everyone is claiming the ruling on a secret ballot in Parliament as a victory
The ANC in Parliament says it has “unqualified and unequivocal confidence” that its MPs will not to vote in support of a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma, regardless of whether such a vote is conducted by secret ballot or not. “We reiterate our long-stated position that we will not support the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma by opposition parties,” ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu said on Thursday. He was reacting to the Constitutional Court’s ruling on an application by the UDM that the vote be conducted by secret ballot. “We will defeat this motion of no confidence by the opposition as we have successfully done in the previous four motions tabled in this fifth term of Parliament,” he said.
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