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The leader of the EFF, Julius Malema.
- EFF leader Julius Malema says the ANC’s decision that its members facing charges of corruption or serious crimes should take sides is illegal and that his party would never emulate such a decision.
- The leader says that people should be treated as “innocent until proven guilty.”
- It says members facing charges could resign on their own conscience.
The EFF says it will never emulate the ANC’s decision, that members who have been indicted for corruption or other serious crimes, stand aside, calling them illegal and unconstitutional.
EFF leader Julius Malema said this on Monday while briefing the media outside the Randburg Magistrates Court, where he had appeared on a charge related to the alleged assault by a police colonel at Winnie Madikizela’s funeral. Mandela.
The ruling party decided that members facing charges of corruption and other serious crimes should withdraw from all leadership positions in the party, in legislatures and other government structures pending the completion of their cases.
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“We are not going to emulate that, it is an illegal thing, it is unconstitutional.
“They tell us that the Constitution of South Africa is the best in the world but for political experience [sic], the people have now decided to abandon the constitution and follow the popular narrative, ”Malema said.
He stated that while the leaders would be charged, they would never be tried, adding that he believed the goal was not to convict, but rather to have the members moved so that their “competitors” could emerge at the party’s next elective conference. Malema said:
It’s a rule of pravin [Gordhan]. Remember, Pravin controls the Tax Authority and anyone who opposes Pravin will be charged not in the hope of getting a conviction, but simply putting a dark cloud on top of his head and then walking away and then emerging unopposed.
He added that the concept of “innocent until proven otherwise” must be respected and people should not be charged for political convenience.
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Malema said that instead of putting the members aside, they should, through their conscience, resign.
“That they make an individual decision. That it is not a structural organizational position, that their conscience speak to them. They must resign in [sic] by his own will. We are saying, you cannot go to a meeting and resolve on an unconstitutional principle ”, said the political leader.
Malema said that if he were still in the ANC he would have taken the party to court for making such decisions, because it is unconstitutional, he said.
The ANC’s National Executive Committee also agreed that members convicted of corruption or serious crimes should resign their positions and face disciplinary action in accordance with the party constitution.
