Ramaphosa signed the Bill into law last Friday.
Ramaphosa revealed that despite a meeting last week, some parties in the GNU were "publicly urging" him not to sign the bill, while others said he should. The president added that he "had no such reservations" about the bill and that the Constitution compelled him to assent to it.
"The Constitution is quite clear on the responsibilities of the president with respect to signing legislation. Once a bill has been passed by Parliament, the president must either assent to the bill or, if they have reservations about its constitutionality, refer it back to Parliament. Since, after considering all the various submissions, I had no such reservations about the BELA Bill, the Constitution obliged me to assent to it," he said.
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