Tony Yengeni, a member of the ANC NEC, has apparently been given another chance to call on President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is under fire, to resign.
The top six met this morning, they will give us a report and then we just discuss who takes over from president,” Yengeni said.When he was pressed further to make a comment on the Mail & Guardian’s report that the party could consider Kgalema Motlanthe to replace Ramaphosa on an interim basis, he evaded the question.
Yengeni has never been fond of Ramaphosa despite this Phala Phala matter, he has stated before, that he does not subscribe to the incumbent’s ideological orientation, which is characterised by a propensity towards white capital, rather, he wants an ANC leader who will transmogrify the economy through radical means, hence his predisposition for RET.
Yengeni had been waiting with anticipation for the parliamentary panel investigating whether Ramaphosa has a case to answer on the Phala Phala scandal, and after the report’s recommendations that there is an “appearance of guilt” by the incumbent, a special NEC meeting is scheduled to take place this evening to discuss a way forward.
Although the specific contents of the agenda have not been divulged, Yengeni has told Radio 702’s Clement Manyathela, that it is his anticipation that the president will step aside in light of the scathing findings against him.
Nothing is set in stone as far as what would become of the NEC meeting, there are reports suggesting that some of Ramaphosa’s close allies have advised him against resigning, and have indicated that the panel’s report can be subjected to a judicial review.
Despite any other political considerations, the report still has to be tabled in parliament, where deputy president David Mabuza is expected to give a marching line regarding to how the ANC caucus should handle it.
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