The South African parliament is scheduled to debate a motion
to impeach incumbent President Jacob Zuma following allegations over
his violation of the country’s constitution.
"The national assembly will on Tuesday, 5 April,
consider a motion by the Democratic Alliance for the removal of the President
in terms of section 89 of the constitution," Baleka Mbete, the South
African parliament speaker, said on Sunday.
The decision was made after the country’s top court ruled on
Thursday that Zuma had failed to uphold the constitution by ignoring official
orders that he repay some of the $16 million in state funds spent on renovating
his private home.
The restoration project which reportedly cost a total of $24
million of public money in 2014, included a swimming pool, chicken run, cattle
enclosure and an amphitheater.
On a televised address, the 73-year-old president said he
had "never knowingly and deliberately set out to violate the constitution"
and that "any action that has been found not to be in keeping with the
constitution happened because of a different approach and different legal
advice.”
Since the top court’s ruling, opposition party leaders,
ordinary South Africans and even anti-apartheid
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