EFF Parliamentary Caucus will not attend the SONA debate reply by Cyril Ramaphosa

16 February 2023

The Economic Freedom Fighter's (EFF) caucus in Parliament will not attend the State of the Nation Debate session, which is scheduled for Thursday, 16 February 2023, in which the constitutional delinquent Cyril Ramaphosa is set to reply.

The EFF has long declared that Ramaphosa has failed to lead South Africa in all respects, and this was illustrated lucidly during the submissions of the leadership of the EFF during the debate. All spheres of South African society are in a state of degeneration under his mis-leadership, with the economy, public healthcare, the public schooling system and railway network all in a state of collapse. Unemployment is at high levels, and the nation is in perpetual darkness, because of the deliberate man-made rolling electricity blackouts.

The levels of violent crime have increased drastically since Ramaphosa has become a President, with an increase in cash-in-transit heists, assaults, murder and sexual crimes.

Alarmingly, even mass shootings in places of public gathering have increased markedly, and this is all while Ramaphosa has placed intelligence in the office of the Presidency.

It is Cyril Ramaphosa who has taken his own Parliament to court, because of his determination to cover-up the crimes of money laundering, tax evasion, kidnapping, torture and bribery which were committed at and in relation to Phala Phala Farm. By taking Parliament to court, Ramaphosa has taken the people of South Africa to court for trying to execute accountability.

It is therefore our considered and credible view that Ramaphosa has lost the right to be granted an audience in Parliament, as there is nothing he has to offer in terms of resolving the problems confronting our society. To grant Ramaphosa an audience would give credence and legitimacy to incompetence, failure and corruption, and would constitute the ultimate betrayal of our people.

The EFF reiterates the call for all South Africans to join the picket lines on the 20th of March 2023, to demand a stable supply of electricity and the resignation of Cyril Ramaphosa as the President of South Africa. It is time we unite as a nation and remove the puppet of imperialism whose sole purpose is to entrench the misery and poverty of our people.

Issued by Sinawo Thambo, National Spokesperson, EFF, 16 February 2023