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Malema is supported by some sections of the neoliberal media Sizwe Nyenyiso, Battle of Ideas Commission, SACP Brian Bunting, Cape Town, 17 February 2014 The media has been abuzz with the possible sequestration of the self-appointed leader of Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF), Mr. Julius Malema. This follows a granting of provisional sequestration order by the High Court in Pretoria to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) in pursuing the recoupment of a tax bill that amounts R16 million. This is linked to a tax bill, related interest and penalties that Mr. Malema dodged during his elite lavish lifestyle as the President of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). It was during this period when Julius Malema mysteriously became a millionaire overnight through what was later alleged to be a web of tender corruption in his own province of Limpopo. Julius Malema took full responsibility of this bill and made certain confidential arrangements with SARS. His Party, the EFF also conceded that Mr. Malema has questions to answer regarding his tax affairs. In their own admission, the EFF has proudly acknowledged through its spokesperson that "The debt owed to Sars by a trust linked to Julius Malema is not R16m, but R4m. Sars ballooned this with 50 percent interest and 200 percent penalty". He further claims that Mr. Malema signed on agreement with SARS in duress as he was set up to admit R16 million tax bill. While the EFF Commander and his crew accepted responsibility of not paying the tax bill, they refuse take responsibility of the consequences. Instead, they are going around making wide accusations and playing "finger pointing and blaming game", targeting a usual scapegoat "political plot". What Mr. Malema and his EFF crew have failed to do throughout this game is to come clean on how his lavish lifestyle was maintained and how his multi-million rand wealth was accumulated. This question is more relevant since it is public knowledge that he about R30 000 monthly salary range as the President of ANCYL. However, while the funding source of his lavish lifestyle remains a mystery, his ledged involvement through, a company called on-point engineering in the tender fraud that milked the Limpopo provincial government dry has shed the light. The EFF crew has responded to this provisional sequestration in a manner that portrays Mr Malema as a victim of political ploy, which aims to "prevent him to go to the public office", they say. This tired spin deliberately ignores that Mr. Malema's problems with SARS, Public Protector and Judiciary are older than their new political infant, EFF. These emanate days back when Mr. Malema was still nurtured by the ANC to become a refined political output. In the middle of their power hungry stunt, they miss a bigger point as the self-anointed representatives and paragon of class political correctness, that their Commander owes the State millions of Rand. This is the money that SARS is trying to recoup to finance social spending and other government programmes. The R16 million that their Commander refuses can finance approximately 20 Cooperatives, which in turn can create jobs to a minimum of 100 persons thus translating to economic activism of more than 100 households. While serving their unapologetic and self-serving ambitions of going through the corridors of Parliament, the EFF crew must be reminded that SARS collects revenue for sustainability of the current and future generations. These are funds that government relies on to implement its decisive poverty elevation programmes. It is also important to remember that every citizen must comply with the laws of the land, including the tax laws. In their self-serving agenda the EFF must work with government in the fight against corruption and stop interpreting the enforcement of laws through applicable legislative mechanism as a strategy to prevent Malema's ambitions. In this regard, Ramakatsa's assertion that "Commander in chief Julius Malema will form part of the EFF commissars, organisers, and fighters who will be sworn in as members of Parliament and provincial legislatures immediately after May 7," is misplaced. The EFF should be reminded that their Chief demonised State power in the recent history when it was conducive for him to avoid transparency and public scrutiny. It was during this period of his alleged active involved in amassing of tenders in Limpopo with mutiny without any instrument to monitor his accumulation path. There was no legislative instrument that forced him to declare his interest, hence the participation in State was risky for his private and personal accumulation agenda at the time. This is what he passionately said during the interview with Debora Patta in 2010 in justifying his lack of interest to go to Parliament "I must grow in the ANC for me to accept political responsibilities, I refuse seating in this chair people coming to pursued me to go to Parliament because Parliament is for old people to go to make laws, I don't even know these laws, what law I'm going to make, who am I to make to make laws?" This public acknowledged of political immaturity as he honestly conceded still needed a polishing process through ANYCL factory to become a good final product. However, the polishing process was short-lived as he got expelled from the ANC in 2012 due to deficit of political discipline. Two years after his expulsion, the EFF want us to believe that Malema has matured to the level of accepting political responsibility in the State. This sudden availability to serve raises more questions than answers. Should we interpret his unavailability to sever in 2010 as a strategy to avoid accountability and public scrutiny as public servants were compelled to declare their interest by different "Codes of Conduct for Public Office"? Was the compulsory declaration of assets and business interest a risk to the alleged accumulation through tender fraud? These are the questions that the South Africans must probe as we test the attributes of those who should serve in the public office. It can be argued that Mr. Malema's sudden interest to go to Parliament is informed by his financial troubles. The Limpopo corruption fountain has dried up and there is a desperately need to maintain his life as SARS is chasing over the little that is remaining. The difference this time is that, he can accept Parliament deployment without any worry that hidden assets will be discovered, since SARS has attached them. He knows that there is nothing to disclosure as the Public Protector, SARS and the Courts of law have declared on his behalf. This desperate state has been eloquently captured by an article headline "Financially embattled EFF leader Julius Malema will make it to Parliament after the elections, his party vowed on Thursday" by TimesLive on 13 February. . Sizwe Nyenyiso is a member of the Battle of Ideas commission SACP Brian Bunting -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. 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