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| Mazibuko: "Zuma, you need to get kicked to the curb" |
Ol' boy using US$23 million in taxpayer dollars to upgrade his mansion — while thousands of children are denied an education in the same region — has a way to stirring controversy. From IOL News (South Africa), about the moderate-liberal parliamentarian: "In the National Assembly on Thursday DA
parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko said she would move 'at the
earliest opportunity' that the House resolve 'that it has no confidence
in President Jacob G Zuma'. She said the grounds were 'that under his
leadership the justice system has been politicised and weakened;
corruption has spiralled out of control; unemployment continues to
increase; the economy is weakening; and the right of access to quality
education has been violated'."
Nine of the 11 opposition parties represented
in Parliament have united behind MP Mazibuko's move: "Section 102 (2) of the constitution provides
for a president’s removal by a motion of no confidence supported by a
simple majority of MPs (50 percent plus one). If such a motion were to succeed, Zuma, his
entire cabinet and deputy ministers would have to resign. The chief
justice would have to call a special sitting of the National Assembly
and preside over the election of a new president, as happened in 2008
when Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe took over after then-president
Thabo Mbeki was recalled by the ANC."
