Manuel: ANC asked me to stay
2008-09-23 16:26
Washington - Finance
Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday the leaders of the ruling
African National Congess had asked him to stay in his job and he
was happy to serve a new president after Thabo Mbeki's ouster.
"I am happy to serve a new head of state," Manuel told a
hastily-convened news conference in Washington.
Manuel said he had spoken to ANC president Jacob Zuma and
his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe and they had asked him to remain as
finance minister.
Motlanthe will replace Mbeki as president until
elections next year.
- Reuters