When the roll is called in Parliament ruling party MP's answer "Present". They then settle down to the people's business by napping, socialising, and when called upon deliver incoherent talking points in defense of ANC government corruption, patronage and clientelism.
More significantly the instruction to ANC MP's is not to hold members of the executive accountable, or from taking stands according to their conscience. They willingly accept their perfunctory role from the Speaker to the backbencher in the name of party loyalty wrapped-up in patronage.
ANC MP's must answer "Guilty" instead of "Present" when the roll is called. Guilty because ANC MP's have abdicated their constitutional oversight duties including duties prescribed in their oath of office. They have yet to comprehend that constitutionalism means constitutional safeguards to prevent abuse. Until then the constitution is an irritant and an inconvenience to be discarded at any inconvenient political opportunity - a classic case of a constitution without constitutionalism.
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