The ANC parliamentary caucus always wanted President Jacob Zuma to #paybackthemoney, its outgoing chief whip Stone Sizani told the Mail & Guardian in an interview published on Friday.
“We have been consistent on our position that President Zuma needed to pay a portion of the Nkandla money in line with the public protector’s decision,” Sizani said this week.
In a lengthy interview about the parliamentary process of considering Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report on upgrades to Zuma's Nkandla home, Sizani added: “The ad hoc committee report in Parliament also supported the public protector’s recommendation that the president must pay back a reasonable amount.
“There was no two ways about this. If you disagreed with the public protector, you needed to take her report for a review,” said Sizani.
He dismissed rumours that he was leaving his position because he had been critical of the Nkandla matter had been handled.
ANC always said Zuma must pay back portion of Nkandla money - report
“We have been consistent on our position that President Zuma needed to pay a portion of the Nkandla money in line with the public protector’s decision,” Sizani said this week.
In a lengthy interview about the parliamentary process of considering Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report on upgrades to Zuma's Nkandla home, Sizani added: “The ad hoc committee report in Parliament also supported the public protector’s recommendation that the president must pay back a reasonable amount.
“There was no two ways about this. If you disagreed with the public protector, you needed to take her report for a review,” said Sizani.
He dismissed rumours that he was leaving his position because he had been critical of the Nkandla matter had been handled.
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