South Africa’s Ramaphosa won’t resign, spokesperson says By Reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t resign and can search a second time period as chief of the ruling African Nationwide Congress (ANC) after allies rallied behind him to remain on, a spokesperson from the president’s workplace mentioned on Saturday.

Ramaphosa’s place as the pinnacle of state got here into query after an impartial parliamentary panel mentioned in a report he might need violated oath of workplace with regard to hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in money that was discovered at his personal sport farm.

“President Ramaphosa just isn’t resigning based mostly on a flawed report, neither is he stepping apart,” Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya advised journalists by textual content message.

“The President has taken to coronary heart the unequivocal message coming from the branches of the governing get together who’ve nominated him to avail himself for a 2nd time period of the management of the ANC.”

Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crimes.

The members of the ANC will collect at a particular Nationwide Working Committee assembly on Sunday which will probably be adopted by a Nationwide Government Committee assembly on Monday the place they are going to determine the long run plan of action for Ramaphosa, the ANC mentioned.

The president would problem the report and its findings, the spokesperson mentioned.

“It’s in the long run curiosity and sustainability of our constitutional democracy… that such a clearly flawed report is challenged.”