President Jacob Zuma has narrowly survived yet another
attempt to have him ousted in Parliament.
Members of the National Assembly on Tuesday cast a vote by
secret ballot – a first – on a motion of no confidence in the president after
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete announced on Monday that she would
permit the secret ballot.
177 members voted in favour of the motion, while 198
members voted against it. There were nine abstentions. The total number of
votes cast were 384.
The motion required 201 of the 400-member National Assembly
to vote in favour of the motion.
The ANC has 249 seats‚ so all opposition members and at
least 50 ANC MPs would have had to vote in favour of the motion for Zuma to be
ousted.
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