Fikile Mbalula Resigns As ANC MP

by Tshidi Madia


Discussed on this article is Johannesburg - Former police minister Fikile Mbalula who is said to be the latest ANC Member of Parliament to step down.

It is said that Last week, former minister of public enterprises Lynne Browne resigned. This followed a late-night Cabinet reshuffle announcement from President Cyril Ramaphosa which resulted in the two - along with several others - being booted out of the national executive.

Mbalula has since taken up a full-time post at the ANC's headquarters as chair of the party's subcommittee on elections. He has started getting the governing party ready for the 2019 general elections by holding an election workshop last week.
Jackson Mthembu's spokesperson Nonceba Mhlauli said in a statement that, the office of the ANC chief whip confirms that former minister of police, comrade Fikile Mbalula tendered his resignation as an ANC Member of Parliament in the National Assembly.

Mhlauli also added that Mbalula tendered his resignation on February 26."While comrade Mbalula's departure from Parliament will leave a void, we derive satisfaction from the knowledge that he will continue serving the movement as the ANC's head of elections toward the 2019 General Elections campaign," said Mhlauli.

I personally think, it is in the best interest of the country that Mr Fikile Mbalula is no longer the country's minister of police. For me, he was not dignified enough to be a leader and there are several other reasons . I think he is better suited by the position he is in right now, which is being the ANC's head of elections toward the 2019 General Elections campaign. I hope he'll do well as the ANC success in the 2019 elections depends on him.

Tittle: Fikile Mbalula resigns as ANC MP

Source News24

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