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Former ANC councilor in Nelson Mandela Bay, Andile Lungisa, spent his first night behind bars after he appeared before the court clerk at Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Thursday to begin serving his two-year sentence. years in prison.
Lungisa has been found guilty of assaulting Councilor District Attorney Rano Kayser with a glass jug during a heated council meeting in 2016.
Lungisa has submitted a request to the Constitutional Court for authorization to appeal the sentence.
On Wednesday, NPA Eastern Cape regional spokeswoman Anelisa Ngcakani confirmed that the NPA has received copies of Lungisa’s request to the Constitutional Court, as well as a notice of the motion to request a bond pending the outcome of this request.
Lungisa’s legal argument before the Constitutional Court will be that he hit Kayser with a glass jug in self-defense, while he was being attacked by five men.
Meanwhile, #FreeAndileLungisa was trending on Friday after the former counselor spent his first night behind bars.
ANC military veteran Carl Niehaus shared a tweet using #FreeAndileLungisa in which he said he would continue to “support my comrade as a victim of political factionalism.”
So some people are insulting me for being next to the comrade #AndileLungisa (@mrlungisa). I don’t care, they can say what they want. Enough is enough. I will support my comrade as a victim of political factionalism. ✊ ????#FreeAndileLungisa pic.twitter.com/gftunA0bWt
– Carl Niehaus (@niehaus_carl) September 18, 2020
Other Twitter users, however, did not positively tweet using #FreeAndileLungisa. These are some of the tweets:
I will not entertain this #FreeAndileLungisa shit. There is my brother who has been in Boksburg prison since level 5 because he forgot his mask at home while going to the mall ????
– AMBONGILE (@ ambo04) September 18, 2020
Yes #FreeAndileLungisa materialize, then all offenders serving a sentence for assault must obtain clemency. A crime was committed and justice was served, the sooner we stop politicizing criminal acts, the better. pic.twitter.com/pjzT0Vp9IL
– ???????????????????????????????????????? (@Matloga_) September 18, 2020
The ANC is so good at playing the victim that you’d think Andile is being sent to prison for singing out loud in a church. It is not above the law. #FreeAndileLungisa pic.twitter.com/u6zZ9CHLUB
– Xolani Njabulo ???????? (@ XolaniNjabulo7) September 18, 2020
(Compiled by Makhosandile Zulu)
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