ANC NEC considers Zuma exit proposal
Proposals are said to include Zuma stepping down in December and the reinstatement of Pravin Gordhan as finance minister
The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) grappled with calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down and continued discussing proposals late into Sunday night. The closed meeting began on Saturday, with critical decisions taken, including allowing party structures to discuss the names of candidates to lead the ANC after its December conference. Speculation was rife that a package of proposals to resolve the party’s impasse over its president was on the table. These could not be verified, but are understood to include Zuma stepping down as state president after the party’s elective conference in December and the reinstatement of Pravin Gordhan as finance minister. It was agreed that ANC MPs would not vote against Zuma in the looming parliamentary no-confidence debate and that a group of 10 NEC members would look into the calls for Zuma to step down, its merits and modalities.This is the second NEC meeting at which calls have been made for Zuma to leave office — but his backers were...
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