EFF'S REMARKS ON PRESIDENT ZUMA BASELESS
25 September 2014
Julius Malema's call in today's ad hoc committee meeting that President Jacob Zuma should be criminally charged for the irregular expenditure at the Nkandla private residence is a typical ridiculous drivel which we dismiss outrightly. Malema's long tirade at the ad hoc committee meeting this afternoon clearly indicates to all that he had made no effort to study all the reports in front of the committee.
It is dereliction of duty on his part as an MP and a bona fide member of the ad hoc committee to go into meeting unprepared and relying solely on media clippings as a source of information. This flies in the face of an agreement in the last committee meeting that members must thoroughly study all reports before the committee to enhance the quality of their input in today's meeting.
Rather than base his input on the content of the reports, Malema instead ventured on a lengthy rant loaded with noise and fury but with no substance. Had Malema bothered to read the reports he would have found his outrageous remarks absurd. The Public Protector's report, in particular, was clear that:
The State has not spent any money on the private residence of the President in Nkandla