Former African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee member Tony Yengeni, who represented Former President Jacob Zuma in his disciplinary hearing, says the process that expelled Zuma from the party was flawed.
He says there are many grounds to appeal the decision to expel Zuma. Yengeni says it is not the end of the road for Zuma.
He stopped short to confirm that Zuma will appeal but said he will wait for instruction when it comes.
He added that ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula tried to intimidate him by sending threatening messages to him during the process of the National Disciplinary Committee hearing against Zuma.
Former President Jacob Zuma has 21 days to appeal.
“Without consulting the former president from a physical meeting to a virtual meeting he took it that they are interfering with his rights as the member of the ANC having agreed the meeting, then changed to virtual. When Mbalula wrote the letter to the DC to say that it’s because of security reasons before the election maybe people will understand that but long after the elections what security issues are there to stop a physical meeting. Zuma wanted to meet them physically, look them in the eyes and say what is this, let’s debate this and let’s discuss it as comrades but they denied him that opportunity. So, his view is that this hearing was convey for optics but the decision has been taken long ago that he must be expelled,” says Yengeni.
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