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Zuma believes that Ramaphosa should be the one to set the example and make known if any of his companies received bids from the state during his tenure as vice president of the country. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla
POLITICS
Former President Jacob Zuma has written a scathing response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s open letter, saying it was written as a request for validation and approval of the whites, which is a betrayal of the heroes of the struggle Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela , Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and others who sacrificed their freedom.
On Sunday, Ramaphosa issued an open letter to ANC members raising a number of issues and taking a hard line on corruption related to the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE).
The letter stated that the ANC was the “number 1 defendant” with regard to corruption and implored members to desist from any involvement in corrupt activities or to leave the party.
In response, Zuma wrote: “With your pen, you desecrate the young men and women who lived and died cruel deaths at the hands of apartheid security forces and mercenaries. These heroes paid the highest price fighting for our freedom and in defense of the ANC. Therefore, we must never implicate them when we, as individuals, are accused of misconduct. “
Zuma says that Ramaphosa’s position is fundamentally flawed in many respects and he plays the game of those who want to “destroy the ANC and build a counterrevolutionary party from its ashes under the pretext of fighting corruption.”
Zuma said that instead of accusing the many innocent members of the ruling party, Ramaphosa should address the allegations against his spokesperson, Khusela Diko, and his son, who, according to Zuma, has been involved in acts of corruption.
The private letter addressed to Ramaphosa, dated August 28, 2020, highlights that the president’s letter shows a lack of understanding of the ANC and the way its structures work, adding that it is “unjustifiable” to blame all members of the ANC. match for small group misconduct.
He writes that the statements made by Ramaphosa “are not useful” in the opinion of the ANC. Zuma accuses Ramaphosa of being the first ANC president to “plead guilty” by saying that the ruling party is complicit in criminal acts.
“Mr. President, by stating that the ANC stands as ‘defendant number 1’ with respect to the corruption charge, it implicates thousands of innocent ANC members who continue to face hunger and dehumanizing poverty and have never profited from corruption. “, read the letter.
Zuma then said that instead of indicting the many innocent members of the ruling party, Ramaphosa should address the allegations against his spokesperson, Khusela Diko, and his son, who, according to Zuma, has been involved in acts of corruption.
The former president noted that many would think his letter is aimed at undermining leadership or trying to ignore the allegations against him, but said that was the least of his concerns at this time.
With your pen profane the young men and women who lived and died cruel deaths at the hands of apartheid security forces and mercenaries
Jacob Zuma
He also noted that many of the white people who favored Ramaphosa would go out of their way to discredit his opinion by writing opinion pieces on the matter.
Zuma believes that Ramaphosa should be the one to set the example and make known if any of his companies received bids from the state during his tenure as vice president of the country.
He goes on to accuse Ramaphosa of deflecting the accusations leveled against him, before mentioning the 1 billion rand allegedly donated to the CR17 campaign and noting that the money “amounted to sacrificing the ANC’s historic mission for 30 pieces of silver.”
Zuma criticizes the president for sealing information on donors.
“It has done so knowing full well that the ANC has discouraged and criticized the role of money in its internal elections. This, in my opinion, represents a great betrayal for those who voted for you knowing that their vote was going to be reinforced by the doors of white monopoly capital, “said Zuma.
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