Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called for Cyril Ramaphosa to step down as president of the country and for a new leader to be elected following the damning findings by an independent panel investigating the Phala Phala farm scandal.
The findings revealed that Ramaphosa “may have committed serious violations and misconduct”.
The panel said it found enough evidence to warrant a parliamentary debate on whether Ramaphosa should be impeached.
But the EFF insisted that he should step down to prevent placing the country in what it described as a “criminal underworld”.
“The findings are tantamount to a betrayal of South Africa by a man who has been entrusted with upholding, defending and advancing this country’s laws,” said the party in a statement.
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Ramaphosa must go, and we will remove him whether he likes it or not, we cannot be lead by a gangster.#PhalaPhalaFarmGate pic.twitter.com/GcMa18v2Id
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) December 1, 2022
“If Ramaphosa does not step down, the EFF will expose both him and the ANC, as criminals who have no regard for the domestic and international laws, and completely disrespect the Constitution. The EFF will ensure that Cyril Ramaphosa does not address any platform as the state president, because he forfeited that privilege when he decided to be a mafia and a gangster,” the statement said.
The party also said there was a “deliberate cover-up” of the alleged crimes committed by Ramaphosa, and that law enforcement agencies were complicit in protecting a “criminal president”.
“Law enforcement agencies and financial regulators, namely the Office of the Acting Public Protector, the South African Revenue Services (Sars), the National Prosecuting Authority have not released any findings or reports on the crimes committed at Phala Phala Farm is shameful and reveals how deeply Ramaphosa has compromised the institutions of this country.”
EFF Welcomes The Findings Of The Independent Panel On Phala Phala Farm, Which Found That Cyril Ramaphosa Has Violated The Constitution pic.twitter.com/VlGL1AqNWT
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) November 30, 2022
It said it will write to the Speaker of Parliament and request for a secret ballot on a motion of no confidence in Cyril Ramaphosa, on December 6.
“Thereafter, a new President must be elected by Parliament if Rampahosa does not resign by the 06th December 2022.”
“The EFF calls on all people of South Africa, the continent and the world to witness Cyril Ramaphosa being exposed for his rampant criminality, in the Parliament of South Africa on the 06th of December 2022,” the party added.
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