DA to meet Mbete over no confidence debate
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has requested an urgent meeting with National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete over the scheduling of a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.
The Constitutional Court recently ruled that Mbete has the power to decide whether a vote on the motion can be done by secret ballot.
DA chief whip John Steenhuisen says he wrote to Mbete last week asking for the motion to be scheduled.
"South Africans have, however, been treated to a deafening silence by Mbete save for a statement by Parliament noting that the Speaker 'will...ensure the judgment is given effect'.
"Parliament's Third Term is scheduled to commence on 31 July and the Motion of No Confidence can and should take place on the very next day, 1 August 2017," says Steenhuisen.