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Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe.
- ANC President Gwede Mantashe said the ANC will not condemn any candidate in the US elections.
- The United States is voting in its presidential election on Tuesday.
- The ANC said it respects the sovereignty of other countries.
The ANC says it will not support or condemn either candidate in the US elections because, as the ruling party, it will have to work with the party that wins.
Millions of Americans cast their vote in the presidential election when the United States decides between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Tuesday.
ANC President Gwede Mantashe said the ANC has “learned to respect the sovereignty of other countries.”
“For example, we condemn a particular candidate, and if that candidate wins the election, we are a ruling party in South Africa, we will be forced to work with the party that wins the election,” he said.
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Mantashe was speaking to the media Tuesday night about issues plaguing the party.
He said the party will first analyze the result before commenting.
“That is why it is important for us not to put the cart before the horse,” he said.
Mantashe dismissed any comment that the ANC had ties to the Democratic Party in the United States.
“Donald Trump has been the president of the United States for four years. We never cut ties with the United States as a country because we are a ruling party and we have to deal with that government, deal with problems, etc., and that will continue. “. he said.
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