‘Zuma will pursue revenge at the expense of the country’ - Political analyst
Time is running out to form a Government of National Unity, and Jacob Zuma’s MK Party is refusing to work with Cyril Ramaphosa.
Former President Jacob Zuma addresses members of the media under the banner of new party uMkhontho weSizwe on 16 December 2023. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/ Eyewitness News
John Maytham speaks with Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political analyst.
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Since the election results were announced on 2 June, the MK Party has lodged numerous objections.
Jacob Zuma and the party allege that ‘hundreds of thousands of votes were stolen’ and that they won with a two-thirds majority.
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They have approached the Constitutional Court with allegations of vote rigging and asked for the first sitting of parliament to be stopped.
The party, which received 14.58% of the votes, has threatened to boycott the sitting should it go ahead.
Breakfast says that Zuma has made it clear he has unfinished business with the ANC after his fallout with Cyril Ramaphosa.
“He wants to use it as a platform to unleash some attacks on the president of the ANC.”
- Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political analyst
“This revenge, he wants to pursue it at the expense of the country. He is the kind of a person that always puts himself first.”
- Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political analyst
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