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Zuma must apologise for ANC comes first comment: DA─── 05:22 Mon, 09 Nov 2015
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma's comments that the ANC comes first and the country second is a violation of his oath of office, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.
The official opposition party wanted Zuma to retract the comment and apologise.
"This is unbecoming of a President who has sworn an oath to be faithful to the Republic of South Africa," DA MP Kobus Marais said in a statement.
"It is this kind of sentiment that allows for abuse of power - to the detriment of ordinary citizens - in the name of the ANC."
Speaking at the African National Congress KwaZulu-Natal conference on Saturday, Zuma said he believed his party came before the country.
"I argued one time with someone who said the country comes first and I said as much as I understand that, I think my organisation, the ANC, comes first," he said in his capacity as ANC president.
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"This is unbecoming of a President who has sworn an oath to be faithful to the Republic of South Africa," DA MP Kobus Marais said in a statement.
"It is this kind of sentiment that allows for abuse of power - to the detriment of ordinary citizens - in the name of the ANC."
Speaking at the African National Congress KwaZulu-Natal conference on Saturday, Zuma said he believed his party came before the country.
"I argued one time with someone who said the country comes first and I said as much as I understand that, I think my organisation, the ANC, comes first," he said in his capacity as ANC president.
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