DA's threat to unseat Ramaphosa a call for war

It is a 'weapon of mass destruction'

- By Queenin Masuabi

The ANC's one-year analysis of the government of national unity (GNU) has identified the DA's threat to unseat President Cyril Ramaphosa from power through a motion of no-confidence as a "weapon of mass destruction" and the "ultimate declaration of war" on the grand coalition.

This is contained in the ANC’s analysis report tabled by the party's national executive committee meeting held last weekend in Germiston, Gauteng.

In a report extract, seen by Sunday World, the party also expressed disdain to any political party that is part of the GNU but spearheads a campaign to collapse the government.

“This act exposes their [the DA’s] fraudulent commitment to stability and reveals their true intention to trigger a constitutional crisis and collapse the government from within, hoping to emerge from the wreckage as the supposed saviours of the nation,” reads the report, authored by the party's secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.

The ANC pointed out that the DA’s threat to table the motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa, coupled with its refusal to support the national budget, are the most common reasons why coalitions collapse.

Nelson Mandela's party further stated that this is why it is taking a firm stance against these political tactics, which were almost employed by the DA.