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EFF disgusted by Maimane position on Mugabe asylum

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are completely comfortable with the prospect of Robert Mugabe being offered political asylum in South Africa.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are completely comfortable with the prospect of Robert Mugabe being offered political asylum in South Africa.

Spokesperson for the EFF, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, said no court in the world had found Mugabe guilty of human rights abuses, adding that no credible allegations had been levelled against the Zimbabwean President either.

Ndlozi was reacting to the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) position on the prospect of asylum being offered to Mugabe. The DA rejects the idea completely and Ndlozi said he was disgusted by the blatantly anti-African sentiment of the DA, adding that Mmusi Maimane’s arguments did not hold water.

“The EFF condemns the DA’s rejection of the granting of political asylum to President Mugabe with the disgust and contempt it deserves,” said Ndlozi.

“The DA basis its rejection of political asylum on the legal argument that President Mugabe does not qualify for political asylum under our immigration laws since he is suspected of human rights violations,” added Ndlozi.

“This is despite the fact that no court of law in the world has ever found President Mugabe guilty of human rights violation, neither are there any credible courts in the world that have put such allegations against him.”

Ndlozi acknowledged that Mugabe had probably committed many mistakes during his tenure at the helm of Zimbabwe, but added this was not just cause to abandon the sitting President in his hour of need.

“As a matter of fact, he does not need any passport to come and live in South Africa and we shall never confine our relationship with him as an African leader to colonially imposed borders,” said Ndlozi.

“The DA’s rejection of political asylum to Mugabe is hypocritical because as a party they themselves house many apartheid politicians and bureaucrats who facilitated and sustained the worst forms of crimes against humanity. These characters have never been held responsible within our law in relation to their role under apartheid because our people chose peace and reconciliation over vengeance.”