EFF thrown out of Parliament
Updated | By ANA
Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters were physically removed from the National Assembly chamber after they attempted to stop President Jacob Zuma from delivering his budget vote in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon.
The MPs objected to Zuma addressing the House in the light of the Constitutional Court ruling which found he had violated the country’s highest law by not following the directives of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to pay back the money spent on his Nkandla homestead.
Speaker Baleka Mbete ruled EFF MPs out of order and had asked them to sit down as they jumped up one after the other demanding Zuma be prevented from taking the podium.
“Leave the chamber, Honourable Ndlozi,” Mbete eventually said to EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
Ndlozi shouted at Mbete: “Have I broken my oath of office? A person breaks the oath of office, you don’t order him to leave the House.”
Several other EFF MPs then tried to interject, but Mbete eventually called in parliamentary protection staff to physically remove the MPs. - ANA
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