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Images tweeted by Matshela Koko on Thursday night show crowds carrying the former MEC on their shoulders as he returned home after a magistrate granted him bail in Mbombela on Wednesday.
FILE: An ANC flag. Image: EWN.
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) in Mpumalanga on Thursday distanced itself from welcoming the hero that some of its members gave to a former MEC accused of raping his two daughters.
Images tweeted by Matshela Koko Thursday night show crowds carrying the former MEC on their shoulders as he returned home after a magistrate in Mbombela granted him bail on Wednesday.
ANC Provincial Secretary Lindiwe Ntshalintshali said Eyewitness news The party has continually articulated its position on the case, questioning the intentions of those who gathered to welcome home the MEC, who is also a member of the ANC’s provincial executive committee.
“And we are clear as the ANC that we are on the side of the victims. The victims are minors and the key is that, as ANC, we cannot condone or do what they did when there are serious complaints against the person.
Ntshalintshali said the accusations facing the provincial executive committee member are serious.
He called on ANC members to allow law enforcement agencies to address the matter.
“Let the law take its course. There is no propaganda, there is no plot. You are innocent until proven guilty, but they cannot go ahead of the court.”
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