The past week has been marked with what many consider as one of the most intriguing times in South Africa democracy because the deeds of the man supposed to govern and drive the nation, have managed to put not just himself, but his whole party in a tight corner due to constitutional reasons.
Last year the "Nkandla Saga" was the number one topic of conversation and after all the parliamentary debate, the matter was taken to the constitutional court. After much analysis the court decided to give its veridict on the matter which, was not different from what the opposition had been singing in parliament. The constitutional court concluded that the president had in fact, broken the law and as a result he'd have to suffer the consequences of that.
The opposition rejoiced, the whole nation came to its feet and applauded democracy once again for being the impetus behind the politics. The opposition reacted swiftly and decided to come up with a motion that would throw the party in power in the hot seat. The impeachment motion brought about by the DA was seen as a measure that would be used to reveal the stand of every MP part if the African National Congress, on constitutional matters, and most importantly whether they stood behind the president or the country.
April 5th saw the president once again being saved by his faithfuls, as the impeachment motion was completely rejected and ignored by 233 of the parliamentary members of the ANC. Experts suggested that this is an exact reflection of what the county has been turned into, the ruling party will always overrule the constitution. Others suggest that this was right the right decision because they belive the president wasn't at fault at all hence his job should not be put in jeopardy because of a "small mistake".
As I tried to dissect and understand the situation, I reflected on what my grandad used to say, "there are always 3 sides to a story, your side, the opponent's side and the truth!" With that said I don't think we'll ever know for sure how much money was taken for the "NKANDLA" upgrades but truth of the matter is, some money was taken away and the president's apologies testified to that, therefore that is the truth! Is it a crime? The constitutional court veridict on the matter concluded yes, it, was in fact a crime. Should the president be impeached? Well... 233 people who have massive influence on the constitution said no, so it's up to us to do the math now.
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