Johannesburg – The Congress of the People (COPE) has rejected calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the adverse three-man panel report regarding the 2020 robbery on his Phala Phala farm.
Ramaphosa, who denies any wrongdoing, is said to be taking the report on judicial review.
COPE said Sunday that it “welcomes the decision of President Ramaphosa to take the report for legal review. We believe it is his democratic right to do so.
COPE said it refuses to support the “Nkandla tea party agenda” to get rid of President Ramaphosa.
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“We are not going to be hoodwinked by thugs who want to remove President Ramaphosa,” said Dennis Bloem, COPE National Spokesperson.
“Cope will not be populists but will act in the best interest of the country and not in the interest of thugs who want to further destroy our beloved country.
“Many of these thieves in the ANC [African National Congress] who scream that President Ramaphosa must resign, know very well that the doors of prison are slowly opening for them, and they must do everything possible to remove President Ramaphosa from office.”
Bloem added: “We know that the Zondo Commission Report will be thrown out of the window if they succeed in removing President Ramaphosa.
“It will suffer the same fate as the Anti-corruption unit the Scorpions, which they disbanded.”
Meanwhile, the ANC will reconvene a special session of its National Executive Committee today, (Monday 5 December 2022).
The meeting called to discuss the three-man panel adverse report on the Phala Phala farm matter that suggested Ramaphosa “may have” breached his oath of office, was initially scheduled for Friday, (2 December 2022).
