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ANC Statement, 21 August 2014 South African Parliament Formal Resolution Supporting the Cuban Five The African National Congress hails the formal parliamentary resolution calling for the release of the remaining prisoners of the Cuban 5 who were arrested in 1998 for allegedly being involved in espionage against the United States of America. We believe that these compatriots did not target the USA but infiltrated Cuban elements that wanted to engage in terrorism to overthrow the Cuban government using Miami in the USA as a spring-board. This is a historic and ground breaking move by the South African parliament. This resolution has elevated the issue of the Cuban five to a national issue thus joining many progressive countries who have resolved to challenge this injustice against the state of Cuba. The ANC has embraced international solidarity as one of its pillars in the fight against apartheid and it managed to place the injustice of apartheid firmly on the international agenda. True to our internationalist outlook, this resolution will serve as a national platform to continue in our quest to pledge solidarity with our compatriots in Cuba who also paid dearly with their lives in fighting the erstwhile apartheid government. We salute all the parties who stood up to be counted on this issue except for the DA that abstained from voting owing to their commitment to imperialism that ravaged the world with impunity. We call on all spheres of government and the people of South Africa to join in placing this issue firmly on the national agenda in solidarity with our friends in Cuba and in unison with our friends the world over. Let us not allow this injustice of the American state security apparatus bully a Cuban sovereign state. Issued by: Gwede Mantashe ANC Secretary General African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli House 54 Sauer Street Johannesburg Enquiries: Zizi Kodwa 082 330 4910 -- -- 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. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
