A year on‚ and Parliament is now a “vibrant and dynamic space”.
The Economic Freedom Fighters took time out yesterday to reflect that the day marked “exactly 365 days since 1 169 259 voters woke up in the morning of the elections day and went to cast their votes” for it.
“These voters‚” the party said in a statement‚ “are the groundbreakers‚ the first generation of EFF voters who said enough is enough with right-wing political parties that exist in the shadows of their former selves.”
The statement listed what the EFF believed are it achievements in the National Assembly in the last year.
Topping the list was that it “made Parliament to be a vibrant and dynamic space ‚ drawing attention of millions of South Africans into Parliamentary activities‚ which were largely ignored since 1994”.
Coming in at second and third on the list were that it “held the executive and President (Jacob) Zuma accountable and demanding that he should pay back the money”‚ and it was “the first political formation to call for the removal of colonial and apartheid statues through the maiden speech of the Commander in Chief Julius Malema”.
The EFF said it had withstood attempts by the ruling party to “intimidate and use physical violence”‚ but this has “never stopped us from speaking for the poor and the downtrodden”.
“Throughout the 365 days‚ we were faced with massive hostility from the ruling party and their partisan presiding officers who always tried to evict us from Parliament and even called police to physically remove democratically elected members of Parliament‚” the EFF said.
“We vow never to betray the ordinary masses of our people.”
'Pay back the money' among EFF's achievments in 365 days
The Economic Freedom Fighters took time out yesterday to reflect that the day marked “exactly 365 days since 1 169 259 voters woke up in the morning of the elections day and went to cast their votes” for it.
“These voters‚” the party said in a statement‚ “are the groundbreakers‚ the first generation of EFF voters who said enough is enough with right-wing political parties that exist in the shadows of their former selves.”
The statement listed what the EFF believed are it achievements in the National Assembly in the last year.
Topping the list was that it “made Parliament to be a vibrant and dynamic space ‚ drawing attention of millions of South Africans into Parliamentary activities‚ which were largely ignored since 1994”.
Coming in at second and third on the list were that it “held the executive and President (Jacob) Zuma accountable and demanding that he should pay back the money”‚ and it was “the first political formation to call for the removal of colonial and apartheid statues through the maiden speech of the Commander in Chief Julius Malema”.
The EFF said it had withstood attempts by the ruling party to “intimidate and use physical violence”‚ but this has “never stopped us from speaking for the poor and the downtrodden”.
“Throughout the 365 days‚ we were faced with massive hostility from the ruling party and their partisan presiding officers who always tried to evict us from Parliament and even called police to physically remove democratically elected members of Parliament‚” the EFF said.
“We vow never to betray the ordinary masses of our people.”
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