Hon Speaker, I want to say that it has to be known that AgangSA has no confidence in President Zuma but that AgangSA has warned that a mere debate supplemented by a meaningless open vote that does not allow members of especially the ruling party to vote according to their true convictions serves no purpose. This motion will ultimately have the effect of eroding the objective of serving as a genuine mechanism for holding the President and the rest of the Cabinet to account.
I just want to emphasise that when we withdrew our motion, we did not withdraw it because we were afraid or our tails were between our legs. We withdrew it because we have a court case on 11 May 2015 that will decide on a secret ballot. We know that most of the Members of Parliament are here because they are very scared that if they vote against President Zuma, they might be hungry in the future since they are here due to political stomachs. [Interjections.]
Also, we know and are aware that some Members of Parliament are here not because of their qualities, but because of favours. So, we want to protect them through the court case of 11 May 2015.
All I need to tell you is that the Zuma Presidency epitomises poverty of leadership. His association with the corrupt and fraudsters has made this country a timebomb that is waiting to explode.
The question that we need to ask ourselves is: Where is Zuma's leadership when we have violent protests, when our country is burning? Do we allow ourselves to be dictated to by politics of the stomach and choose the ways of cowards when we can just replace President Zuma with a better, capable leader? What are we afraid of? Is comradeship more important than our people and country? His lack of leadership is obvious; his legacy is corruption upon corruption! To all these Members of Parliament, I want to say that: You should never underestimate AgangSA. We will make sure that we pursue President Zuma. If we cannot remove him in this Fifth Parliament, he will be removed come the next elections. Thank you. [Interjections.]