EFF insists Ramaphosa must be arrested over Phala Phala
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court will hear arguments from the EFF about Parliament's decision to forego an impeachment investigation into Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala issue.
President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kampala, Uganda on 19 January 2024. Picture: @GovernmentZA/X
JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)’s Vuyani Pambo says President Cyril Ramaphosa must be arrested for the Phala Phala scandal.
Pambo is among EFF members who were marching to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, where the party is battling it out with the president’s legal team.
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The EFF contends Ramaphosa only occupies the highest office because Parliament refused to subject him to an impeachment inquiry over the saga.
The matter stems from foreign currency stolen at the president’s Limpopo farm in 2020 and the EFF said he must be held accountable for that.
Dozens of EFF supporters gathered in Newtown to march to the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein under the watch of Johannesburg metro police, Gauteng crime prevention wardens, and EFF marshalls.
Pambo said they want to see Ramaphosa behind bars.
"Ramaphosa must go to jail. We must have this Phala Phala matter brought back to the table. How are we going to have people respecting the law if the number one citizen does not respect the law?"
[Watch] The EFF’s Vuyani Pambo says that President Cyril Ramaphosa should be held accountable to the law.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) November 26, 2024
Pambo: How are South Africans expected to respect the law if the first citizen does not. NK pic.twitter.com/eqU1eXFi4a
Meanwhile, EFF leader Julius Malema said the party would ensure President Cyril Ramaphosa accounts for his Phala Phala monies.
Addressing the red berets ahead of the march, Malema said the EFF would do all it can to have Ramaphosa declared a criminal.
“The ANC [African National Congress] abused its majority in Parliament to defend their corrupt president. We will fight in Parliament. We will fight on the picket lines and we will fight to defend the constitution of the Republic of South Africa.”