Parliament and President Ramaphosa owe South Africa an early election
5 December 2022
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbite by DA Federal Leader John Steenhuisen MP.
The DA has today submitted a motion to dissolve the National Assembly. We call on South Africa’s 400 Members of the National Assembly to support this motion, because it is strongly in the country’s best interest.
Thereafter, we call on President Ramaphosa to proclaim and set dates for an early election, to be conducted in 2023. The Constitution provides for this in Sections 49 (2) and 50 (1).
The ANC has effectively lost its 2019 mandate to govern, which was granted on the back of Ramaphosa’s promise to clean up the state and reform the economy.