South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Re-Elected For Second Term
Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as South Africa's president. Ramaphosa got 283 votes and Malema just 44.
Pretoria: The South African parliament re-elected the African National Congress’s President Cyril Ramaphosa as president on Friday during the first sitting of the National Assembly of the 7th Parliament. Sharing a post on X, the ruling party of South Africa, the ANC, announced that Ramaphosa has been re-elected as president. The ANC has been the dominant political force since the first democratic election in South Africa in 1994.
“Honourable Matamela @CyrilRamaphosa has been re-elected as the President of the Republic of South Africa during the First Sitting of the National Assembly of the 7th Democratic Parliament tonight at Cape Town International Convention Centre,” African National Congress, the ruling party of South Africa wrote.
Honourable Matamela @CyrilRamaphosa has been re-elected as the President of the Republic of South Africa during the First Sitting of the National Assembly of the 7th Democratic Parliament tonight at Cape Town International Convention Centre
#ANCInParliament… pic.twitter.com/DsEV1pOmCy— African National Congress (@MYANC) June 14, 2024
Earlier on May 29, the people in South Africa went to the polls, with 339 ballot papers issued and counted, of which 12 were invalid. According to a South African news agency, Ramaphosa received 283 votes, while Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema garnered 44 votes. Ramaphosa is likely to announce his new cabinet after his inauguration on Wednesday. As per the news agency ANI report, African National Congress Member of Parliament (MP), Mdumiseni Ntuli, nominated Ramaphosa for the position of President, and was seconded by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader and MP, Velenkosini Hlabisa, during a process that was presided over by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. As per the South Africa news agency, this will be his second term as the leader of South Africa’s government. Ramaphosa was first sworn in as the President of South Africa on February 15, 2018. He was sworn in again on May 22, 2019, following the 2019 elections.
The country’s largest opposition party is the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) led by John Steenhusien that was formed by merging the Democratic party and the New National party.
(With ANI Inputs)
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