Parliament – United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to affect a smooth, dignified departure from power.
“Give us a mandate, Msholozi, to handle your exit with dignity,” Holimisa told the National Assembly in the debate on Zuma’s State of the Nation Address last week.
Holomisa said his call was motivated by the damage the Nkandla scandal over luxuries added to the president’s private home at state expense had caused to trust in his office and to many other state institutions.
It followed similar pleas from the Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters and National Freedom Party for Zuma to leave office.
They argued that the speech was conclusive proof that Zuma was a president out of touch with reality who placed his own interests above those of the country.
African News Agency
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