RANJENI MUNUSAMY: ANC national executive to hold crisis meeting on Zuma and SONA
'Zuma is understood to have rebuffed their request, saying that he was prepared to face whatever ANC or parliamentary processes lie ahead'
The fate of President Jacob Zuma and the 2018 State of the Nation Address hang in the balance with the ANC calling an urgent national executive committee on Wednesday with both issues in its sights. The ANC national working committee decided on Monday to hold an NEC meeting on the eve of the Sona after Zuma rejected a request from the ANC’s top officials to resign. A statement released after the meeting said the NEC would discuss preparations for the Sona and a report back from the NWC “including management of the transition between the 5th and 6th administration of government and pending actions in parliament”. It is not yet known whether the NWC would recommend that the NEC recall Zuma, or whether to proceed with the Sona on Thursday. The ANC’s top six officials met Zuma at the presidential residence in Pretoria on Sunday night to convey to him that the party wanted him to leave office to avoid impeachment or a motion of no confidence. Zuma is understood to have rebuffed their req...
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