Ramaphosa on elections results: ‘Our people have spoken’

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 2024 National and Provincial Election results reflect the will of the people.

Ramaphosa said this during his address at the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) results centre in Midrand, on Sunday, 2 June.

RAMAPHOSA COMMENTS ON 2024 ELECTION RESULTS

Despite objections from various political parties, the IEC declared the 2024 polls as free and fair. The Commission also announced the number of seats allocated to political parties in the nine legislatures across the country and most importantly, the National Assembly.

During his address, Ramaphosa thanked South Africans for coming out in numbers to cast their vote and for once again, giving life and meaning to the values and principles of the country’s constitutional democracy.

“You are the most important people who have demonstrated that yes, we can have a democracy and you have given further life to the democracy that we now have over the 30 year period,” he said.

Ramaphosa also called on other political parties to put South Africa first.

“This is the time for all of us to put South Africa first. The people of this country expect and deserve no less,” he added.

Ramaphosa who is the first ANC president under whose leadership support plummeted to 40% for the first time since 1994 conceded defeat.

The President said the 2024 election results reflect the will of the people.

“Our people have given effect to the clarion call that has resonated across generations that ‘the people shall govern’. Our people have spoken, whether we like it or not they have spoken,” Ramaphosa said as he accepted the election results.