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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – ANC MP Dibolelo Mahlatsi has hit back at UDM leader Bantu Holomisa\u2019s call for an \u201cinterim government\u201d, saying the suggestion was laughable.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Holomisa called for the ruling party to relinquish power and an interim government to run the country until the 2024 general elections.<\/p>\n

Mahlatsi has described the call as misinformed, misguided and opportunistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cTragically, this past weekend, we woke up to misinformed, misguided and opportunistic calls by the erstwhile Bantustan Transkei leader Bantu Holomisa calling for an interim government. Laughable as this call was, it proved the rich isiXhosa saying that \u2018uHolomisa uvukwe likakade\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahlatsi suggested that the UDM leader was catapulted into power through a coup and cannot work in a democratic system.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis latest stunt of a coup via the back door calls of a so-called \u2018interim government\u2019 cannot be left unchallenged. Based on flimsy evidence and frivolous claims, Holomisa wants the judiciary, supported by the Constitutional Court, to take over government and establish what he terms \u2018an interim government\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a country where you have regular elections deemed free and fair by various bodies including the Independent Elections Commission, how can you arbitrarily call for such an establishment,\u201d Mahlatsi said.<\/p>\n

She continued to fire back at Holomisa\u2019s call and said it\u2019s dangerous for an esteemed MP to lobby that the Constitutional Court becomes an active agent in staging illegitimate coups, thus undermining the Constitution and the will of the people of South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cHolomisa needs to be reminded that Article 130 of the African Union Constitutive Act stipulates that, \u2018governments which shall come to power through unconstitutional means shall not be allowed to participate in the activities of the Union\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps Holomisa needs to be reminded that the public representatives who occupy the benches in the National Assembly, that he also occupies, are legitimate members of that august House.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahlatsi said as the country\u2019s democracy is now maturing, Holomisa should not go back to the old days of autocratic rule.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Johannesburg – ANC MP Dibolelo Mahlatsi has hit back at UDM leader Bantu Holomisa\u2019s call for an \u201cinterim government\u201d, saying the suggestion was laughable. Yesterday, Holomisa called for the ruling party to relinquish power and an interim government to run the country until the 2024 general elections. 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