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Durban – The ANC and the DA have again clashed over a parliamentary debate on President Jacob Zuma, but this time over his Nkandla residence. <\/p>\n
The DA has hit out at the ANC for \u201cblocking\u201d a debate about Nkandla as well as one about the constitutionality of the National Key Points Act, an apartheid-era law in terms of which Nkandla is protected from public scrutiny. <\/p>\n
The latest row over what MPs get to debate follows the opposition wanting a vote of no confidence in Zuma last year. <\/p>\n
The taxpayer-funded upgrading of Zuma\u2019s Nkandla residence has been a controversial topic since it came to light last year, not least because it is costing R206 million. <\/p>\n
DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko said that at Wednesday\u2019s Chief Whips\u2019 Forum meeting, the ANC rejected her notice of motion for debate on \u201cNkandlagate\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is despite the DA being allocated the space in the programme to have one of its motions debated on this day. When we proposed as an alternative the motion by DA MP Anchen Dreyer on the constitutionality of the National Key Points Act, this was also rejected by the ANC MPs on the committee. This position is equally problematic given that Deputy Minister of Public Works, Jeremy Cronin, has himself admitted that this archaic act is unconstitutional,\u201d said Mazibuko. <\/p>\n
She claimed that the ANC was determined to do everything in its powers to protect Zuma from scrutiny on Nkandla. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe DA will be raising this decision to block our motion at the National Assembly programming committee meeting tomorrow (Thursday), and we hope that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Max Sisulu, will intervene,\u201d said Mazibuko. <\/p>\n
She said that for as long as the spending of R206m on the residence went unchecked, \u201cthis scandal will remain a symbol of the government\u2019s failure to fight corruption\u201d. <\/p>\n
ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga said that the ANC had \u201creserved its support\u201d for the DA\u2019s proposal to have parliamentary debates on the president\u2019s residence in Nkandla and on the constitutionality of the National Key Points Act. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur position is that a parliamentary debate on the president\u2019s residence at this stage is unhelpful\u2026 This is because the matter is currently under formal investigation and the findings have not been made,\u201d said Motshekga. He said institutions such as the Office of the Public Protector must be afforded space to do their work \u201cwithout undue political influence from Parliament\u201d. <\/p>\n
The DA intends re-tabling the motion of no confidence in Zuma as soon as the Constitutional Court has heard its application, which arises from the High Court dismissing an application to force the debate to be held late last year. The matter is set for March 28. <\/p>\n
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