The president of South Africa Jacob Zuma would face another no-confidence vote later this month after the country’s parliament scheduled a motion of no-confidence against him.
The motion which was filed by the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party will be debated on February 22.
The EFF party wrote a letter to parliamentary speaker Baleka Mbete this week asking her to schedule the vote before the president’s state of the nation address to parliament on February 8.
The parliament’s in a statement said “Ms Mbete informed EFF leader Mr Julius Malema that she had decided to schedule their requested motion of no confidence in the President for 22 February.”
In the EFF’s letter, the party said President Zuma was not a qualified to hold his position since he will be involved in a judicial enquiry into state corruption.
Jacob Zuma has survived several no-confidence votes during his presidency but following the election of his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa as new leader of the African National Congress (ANC) party in December, the calls for Zuma to go have grown louder.
Source: Africafeeds.com
