Africa-Press – South-Africa. The EFF wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to answer a list of questions in Parliament regarding money stolen from his farm in February 2020.
EFF leader Julius Malema on Tuesday said his party had submitted questions in terms of rule 145 of the National Assembly.
The president has 10 days to respond, according to parliamentary rules.
Malema made a string of allegations against Ramaphosa, accusing the president of money laundering and tax evasion because of the large amount of money that had been stored at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo.
The EFF, while declining to reveal the source, played a video at a media conference, allegedly from the 2020 incident. The video shows men sneaking into a house.
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Ramaphosa has been under the spotlight since the revelations.
The information was revealed after former State Security Agency director-general Arthur Fraser opened a criminal case against Ramaphosa.
Ramaphosa has since refuted allegations of criminal conduct.
He did not report the burglary at his residence. There were questions around why he had chosen not to report the matter to SAPS and, instead, allowed his head of security to investigate the matter.
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The EFF wants Ramaphosa to answer the following questions:
Malema alleged, without providing evidence, that he believed Ramaphosa was involved in a money laundering scheme.
The EFF leader singled out Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, saying he had aided Ramaphosa by allowing his private security to kidnap the people involved in the robbery, which led to them being tortured.
Malema said his interest in the matter was that Ramaphosa was not an ordinary citizen. He believed the president was obliged to report the robbery at his home to the public.
The EFF wants Ramaphosa to step aside while the police investigate the criminal case opened against him.
The party believes that, while Ramaphosa is in office, he may interfere with the investigation.
Malema said Ramaphosa would be treated in the same way as former president Jacob Zuma, by not being allowed to address Parliament as he usually would.
“We gave Ramaphosa a chance to prove himself, and he has dismally failed. We will treat him the same way we treated Zuma. He must leave the office with immediate effect because he has not respected his oath of office. That office must be occupied by a man of integrity and not a hypocrite,” Malema said.
On Monday, Ramaphosa faced his party amid calls to step aside.
At the National Working Committee meeting, ANC national executive committee member, Tony Yengeni, called on Ramaphosa to step aside, but allies defended the president, News24 reported.
Ramaphosa is to appear before the ANC’s integrity commission.
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