The ANC in Gauteng has not said what will happen to Gungubele, but yesterday he remained steadfast that he will not support Zuma in the no-confidence motion. Gungubele also came out in support of another ANC MP, Makhosi Khoza, for speaking out and expressing her intention not to support Zuma.
Khoza
is being hauled before the disciplinary committee by the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal
over her remarks. She has accused the ANC of singling her out when many people
in the party have spoken out against Zuma. Gungubele said Zuma had brought the
ANC into disrepute and should have been charged by the party.
Former
finance minister Pravin Gordhan and former
tourism minister Derek Hanekomwere among some MPs
also expected to vote against Zuma.
“My
attitude is very simple in this matter. There is a lot of information out there
which requires the president to account (for) but our organisation does not
make him account,” he said.
“Instead
our organisation opts to shoot a fly called Makhosi Khoza.
“Makhosi
is crying for help for things happening in the organisation,” he said.
Gungubele
said there was a clause in the ANC that if anyone brought the organisation into
disrepute they should be charged. Zuma has admitted that the Guptas are his
friends and the ANC is divided because of the controversial family, he said.
The
president needed to be charged and not Khoza, said Gungubele. “How then do you
charge Makhosi? The ANC president cannot secure my confidence,” he said.
Asked
whether he was not afraid that he could be charged, Gungubele he said he
believed in the values and traditions of the ANC.
He said
“when you join the ANC, you are driven by conviction” and he still believed in
that conviction.
“The
NEC is a legitimate structure and the decisions they are taking around the
president are ill-advised and not in line with what the organisation stands
for,” said Gungubele. ANC spokesman in Gauteng, Nkenke Kekana, could not be
reached for comment. ANC national spokesman Zizi Kodwa was also not available.
SOURCE:AZANIA
