Pressure is mounting for the embattled South African president Cyril Ramaphosa as political parties are calling for his impeachment or resignation. This follows pressure from the Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) where they demanded that Ramaphosa must resign or face impeachment. The pressure is mounting and now Action SA has joined the long queue of political parties that are demanding that the president does the right thing.

COUNTRY NEEDS ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

In a statement released by party leader Herman Mashaba, the Action SA said that Ramaphosa must resign or face impeachment. "Action SA notes Parliament's Section 89 report into the Phala Phala saga in which it finds that indeed President Cyril Ramaphosa has a serious case for which to answer. As such Mr Ramaphosa must resign or face impeachment  without further delay. South Africa cannot afford more years of another president with criminal charges to answer for at a time when our country needs ethical leadership. Specifically  the section 89 panel concluded there is a prima facie evidence that that the president may have committed. A serious violation of section 96, a serious violation  of section 34, a serious misconduct in that the president  violated section  96 by exposing himself to a situation involving a conflict between his official responsibilities and his private business of the constitution."Action SA further said that they have always maintained that president Ramaphosa's conduct in this regard was criminal and he should vacate his office  and spare the country any further humiliation of his creation.

BLUNDER TO REMAIN IN POWER

Political Analyst Bheki Mngomezulu from the University of Western Cape said,"It was a blunder from the beginning for the president to remain in power when the allegations were damning. He was supposed to ask to step aside so that he can cleanse his name. The recommendations made by the panel cannot be taken lightly as it is said that he violated his oath of office. Secondly I feel that the state institutions let the president down by not acting against him. They thought they are doing him a favour by protecting him with all the delay tactics but in actual fact they were digging his grave. Morally the president is supposed to accept that he let the country down and walk away," he said.