Cyril Ramaphosa Scandal
Cyril Ramaphosa Scandal. The current president of South Africa may have broken the constitution, according to an official report, which is adding to the pressure on him to step down.
Cyril Ramaphosa is accused of hiding the fact that huge amounts of cash were stolen from his farm. He strongly denies this.
On Friday, his ANC party attempted to hold crisis talks; however, after only 45 minutes of discussion, they were abandoned.
According to Paul Mashatile, the acting Secretary-General of the ANC, party officials are planning to meet with the president on Saturday.
“The president was not in the meeting. He’s busy consulting and so, as far as we are concerned, the issue of the president putting his intention to resign or not did not arise,” Mr Mashatile said.
There are allegations that the president attempted to conceal the theft of approximately $580,000 (£470,000) and possibly much more in the year 2020, which was stashed down the back of a sofa in his farmhouse.At the center of the scandal are these allegations. Because of this, suspicions have been raised concerning the origin of the funds.
Mr. Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing and stated that the money was earned from the sale of buffaloes on his farm.
However, the buffaloes that he claimed had been sold are still on his farm. Furthermore, South Africa has stringent rules regarding the holding of foreign currency, which state that it cannot be held for more than thirty days at a time.
A group of independent legal experts looked into the claims for the South African parliament and came to the conclusion that the president may have broken the law and abused his power.
In spite of backing from some members of his party, Mr. Ramaphosa is facing calls to resign from his position.
However, even if he has the support of his party, Mr. Ramaphosa still faces the possibility of being removed from office by the parliament, provided that they find him guilty of serious misconduct and hold a vote to remove him from office. However, this requires a two-thirds majority vote, and it is highly likely that ANC lawmakers will vote against it if the party believes that he should continue serving as president.
The scandal is especially bad for Mr. Ramaphosa because he ran for president on the promise that he would end the rampant corruption that plagued the country when his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, was in charge.
The African National Congress (ANC) is still sharply divided between those who favor Mr. Zuma and those who support Mr. Ramaphosa.
Before resigning as president of the country, Cyril Ramaphosa will step down first as the leader of the African National Congress (ANC).
The Constitution says that the Vice President should take over for the President if the President loses their ability to do their job or quits.
However, the current Vice President, David Mabuza, does not enjoy a great deal of support inside the party. He has also been accused of corruption, which is something else he denies.
As the party that holds a majority of seats in parliament, the ANC has the ability to make the decision to select someone else instead.
