DA wants to interdict swearing-in of new ministers
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says he has instructed the party's legal team to apply for an interdict at the Western Cape High Court against the swearing-in of new ministers.
President Jacob Zuma appointed five new ministers last night, who are set to be sworn in at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria at 6.00pm this evening.
"Last night's decision has devastating ramifications for the future of our country. The Guptas now not only have unfettered access to our national keypoints as they did to the Waterkloof airbase, to multi-million rand coal tenders, and to cabinet appointments but crucially now hold the key to our National Treasury and our R1.56 trillion national budget," Maimane said.
This comes a day after the DA filed another Motion of No Confidence in the president.
Maimane says the President must be removed from office, and it is the role of Parliament to do so.
"It is the House that elected him, and it is the House that must remove him. Therefore in addition to our urgent legal action, I - as leader of the official opposition - will lead a march to the ANC's headquarters at Luthuli House next Friday, 7 April, calling on the ANC to support our Motion of No Confidence in President Zuma, which will be before Parliament in the coming weeks," he said.