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Ramaphosa says DA showing 'hypocrisy' by pulling out of National Dialogue
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the Democratic Alliance (DA) was showing "hypocrisy" and what he called "poverty of good principles" by pulling out of the National Dialogue.
Ramaphosa was speaking in Pretoria on Friday during a joint media briefing with his Austrian counterpart, Alexander van der Bellen.
The DA recently announced it would be boycotting the upcoming National Dialogue in protest of Ramaphosa's decision to fire the party's Andrew Whitfield as a deputy minister and for not taking action against African National Congress (ANC) ministers embroiled in controversy.
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On a day of diplomacy and bilateralism, President Ramaphosa delivered a scathing 10-minute rebuke of the DA's decision to boycott the National Dialogue.
