The DA’s Mmusi Maimane told Jacob Zuma that he had “broken” Parliament, adding that he was “a broken man presiding over a broken society”.
Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane on Tuesday accused President Jacob Zuma of “breaking Parliament” by letting police into the National Assembly and laughing as they dragged out Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs.
In a debate on Zuma’s State of the Nation Address, Maimane said the main cause of South Africa’s problems was that democratic institutions were undermined to protect a single man.
“This honourable man is in our presence here today,” he added. “In these chambers just five days ago, you broke Parliament.”
Maimane said he was using the term “honourable” out of respect for Parliament and warned Zuma that it did not apply to him personally. “Please don’t take it literally because you are not an honourable man. You are a broken man presiding over a broken society.”
source – mg