Members of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party object as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attempts to deliver his State of the Nation address at parliament in Cape Town.
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After nearly an hour of disruption, the National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise temporarily suspended proceedings, telling the EFF “when you think you have unlimited freedom of speech to infringe on the rights of others, that is a disruption”. “We have a murderer in the house, we have a man who has got the blood of innocent people in this house,” said EFF leader Julius Malema, the minute Ramaphosa was supposed to deliver his speech.It is tradition for former presidents to attend the annual address given by a sitting president.
“I, therefore, suggest we please request de Klerk to leave this house,” said Malema, whose party has 44 lawmakers in the 400-seat National Assembly.Modise dismissed the request, saying the presence of De Klerk “is proper” and legal.
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