President Jacob Zuma remains the single biggest impediment to South Africa’s success and needs to resign or be recalled immediately, Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday.
“Our nation’s Constitution, for which so many people fought and died, is yet again under attack by Jacob Zuma and his cronies,” he said in a statement.
“South Africa finds itself in this dangerous space today not just because of the most recent attempts by the president to undermine and manipulate institutions of state. We are here today because of the years of determined effort by the African National Congress to put Jacob Zuma, and the majority party, above the Constitution.
“The effects are now clear to see. Key institutions of state have been captured and are sites of battle between warring factions of the ANC. Deputy President Ramaphosa is correct: the government is at war with itself. Those who resist their incorporation into Zuma Inc now face the force of state institutions loyal to Jacob Zuma,” Maimane said.
While nearly nine million South Africans were without work or hope, while the gap between rich and poor became ever wider, while higher education institutions were literally on fire, governing in the interests of the people became a distant concern for the Zuma government, dashing the hopes and ruining the prospects of millions of South Africans to pursue a life they value.
“For South Africa to navigate its way out of this crisis, in the face of government’s escalating war with itself, we need the right leadership at the helm. Jacob Zuma has never provided this much needed leadership and will not do so in the future. He remains the single biggest impediment to our country’s success. That is why it is more important than ever before that Jacob Zuma steps down as president of the republic. For for South Africa to move forward again, Jacob Zuma must go,” he said.
“We call on all those who love our country, and our Constitution, to stand-together and echo this plea for Jacob Zuma to resign, or to be recalled by his party. It is time for those ANC MPs and Cabinet Ministers, who reserve their outrage for selective quotes in Sunday newspapers, to make their voices heard when it matters most. Join us in calling for Jacob Zuma to go,” Maimane said.
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