25 April 2016 ANC Statement on Remarks by EFF on Al Jazeera The African National Congress (ANC) notes with extreme concern the remarks made by EFF leader, Mr Julius Malema, in a widely publicised media interview with the Al Jazeera Network aired on 24 April 2016. Mr Malema told Al Jazeera that 'they' would remove the South African government "..through the barrel of a gun." These remarks are a call to violence, are inflammatory, treasonable and seditious and should be treated with extreme seriousness. They also are in clear violation of the Electoral Code and the Charter on Elections Ethics signed by a number of political parties - including the EFF, last week. In signing this Charter, parties committed to upholding and promoting Constitutional values, alongside the Elections Code. These reckless utterances display a shocking lack of judgment on the part of the leadership of the EFF who have a duty, together with all political parties, to ensure their membership abides with the laws of the land. The remarks made by Mr. Malema are a clear incitement to people to commit acts of violence, which is against the laws of the Republic. The ANC calls on state authorities to urgently investigate this matter and act against such conduct. Issued by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Khusela Sangoni, 072 854 5707 -- -- 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.
