South Africa's New Party COPE Dismisses Claims By Ruling
Rival ANC
South African News Updates
30 March 2009
Allegations that members of the
Congress of the People are involved in a campaign to
kill African National Congress members are
irresponsible, a COPE spokesperson said on Monday.
The comments, allegedly made by ANC secretary-general
Gwede Mantashe on a national radio station on Monday
morning, had the potential to "fan flames of
violence", COPE spokesperson Phillip Dexter said in a
statement.
"Mantashe's comments are a violation of the
Independent Electoral Commission Act, which prohibits
parties from making inflammatory statements,
especially ones that they cannot substantiate with
solid evidence," he said.
ANC spokesperson Brian Sokutu said there was no way
Mantashe could have made inflammatory remarks as this
was not ANC policy.
It was important, he said, to understand the context
within which Mantashe had spoken.
"The ANC believes in political tolerance in the run-up
to the elections," Sokutu said.
"We are a multi-party democracy and we believe in
democracy and adhering to that. There is no way that
the ANC secretary-general can make any inflammatory
remarks to the effect of inciting any violence.
"It is important for us to understand context of what
the secretary-general said."
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