We will not hesitate to vote Zuma out, says Gigaba
Gigaba also confirmed that there was no change in plans for the annual budget speech to be delivered next week — whether Zuma is president or not
If President Jacob Zuma does not resign‚ the ANC will remove him through Parliament‚ finance minister Malusi Gigaba says. Zuma should ideally relinquish his position as head of state voluntarily‚ Gigaba told host Bianna Golodryga on CNN’s Quest Means Business show on Tuesday night. However‚ Gigaba said the party would not hesitate to use a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly to remove Zuma. “I think what we expect now is that the deadline which has been set for the president by the national executive committee is for tomorrow [Wednesday]. “We expect that … he is going to do the right thing‚ as the NEC expects. The secretary-general [Ace Magashule] was very clear that we expect of the cadres of the ANC to do the right thing when called upon‚ as president Mbeki did in 2008‚” Gigaba said. “If that doesn’t happen‚ the NEC has put in mechanisms to address that situation. There is an ANC caucus [Wednesday] in Parliament where members of the ANC will deliberate on the issue and ...
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