New Age2.png Hawks probe Malema 'barrel of a gun' comment Dennis Cruywagen, The New Age, Johannesburg, 27 April 2016 The Hawks are investigating charges against EFF leader Julius Malema after the ANC laid a complaint against him at the Hillbrow police station. The ANC reported Malema to the police when they heard Malema say in a TV interview at the weekend that the EFF would replace the government through the barrel of a gun. His utterances dominated Parliament yesterday, and were condemned in the House of Assembly and at two separate briefings held by the ministers of State Security David Mahlobo and police Minister Nathi Nhleko. Both appealed separately for the Hawks to be given space to carry out their investigation. Charge to follow investigation Nhleko said at his late afternoon briefing that a case was being investigated following the lodging of the ANC complaint on Monday. He could not say what the charge was, he said, because a charge was always the product of an investigation. "Let me just say that the matter now is now being investigated by the Hawks. The reason why the Hawks are investigating the matter is precisely because there has been a complaint registered with the Hillbrow police station. In this case we are following through on a complaint that has been brought to the fore," Nhleko said. He said freedom of speech was not absolute. "That right is not so absolute in cases where such utterances have the potential to plunge the country into chaos." Ready for the EFF Of today's Freedom Day celebrations and protests, Nhleko said the police would not stand by and allow the country's reputation to be tarnished. Manifesto launches by the ANC, DA and UDM were to take place. "We are also ready for the EFF launch this weekend." At his briefing, Mahlobo said it was up to the courts to decide if the Constitution had been violated. Mahlobo said of the complaint against Malema: "The law enforcement agencies must deal with it. And let's allow them to deal with that particular incident. But our message in the House (when he presented his budget vote) was to say there are those among us who are reckless, who are not fit (and) in a position to lead the nation we envisage, whose statements must be condemned." The Constitution was clear, he said, that no one was allowed to propagate for war, incite violence or hatred. He said that was a contravention of the Constitution. From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/27042016/epaperpdf/1.pdf -- -- 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.
