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'Biased Instrument of Global Imperialism': SA's EFF Party to Take Battle Against ICC to Parliament
'Biased Instrument of Global Imperialism': SA's EFF Party to Take Battle Against ICC to Parliament
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party plans to introduce a private members bill in Parliament on the withdrawal of South Africa from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which was announced by the party leader Julius Malema
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party plans to introduce a parliamentary bill on the withdrawal of South Africa from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which was announced by party leader Julius Malema in a media briefing.Continuing the theme of bias, the party leader referred to the court's inability to bring charges against American presidents for their military actions against Middle Eastern countries.Apart from that, Malema, who has already vowed to protect Putin if he decides to visit South Africa to, has accused the US of using the ICC as an instrument to pursue its narrow political agenda.Last month South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said the South African authorities would proceed to consider the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party's decision that the country should withdraw from the ICC in view of the upcoming BRICS summit. This is not the first time South Africa has threatened to withdraw from the court: in 2016, former President Jacob Zuma sent a letter to the ICC expressing South Africa's intention to leave the court after refusing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was visiting the country to attend the African Union summit. However, the decision to leave the international court was later reversed after the High Court ruled in favor of the opposition Democratic Alliance, which challenged the government's decision.In March, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and his commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, alleging "illegal transfer" of children from a war zone. The Kremlin stated that Russia is not a party to the ICC and that the alleged crime did not take place because Russian authorities, on the contrary, rescued children from Ukrainian shelling and took them from the war zone to safe areas.
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'Biased Instrument of Global Imperialism': SA's EFF Party to Take Battle Against ICC to Parliament
12:09 16.05.2023 (Updated: 10:48 03.08.2023) Since the ICC, which South Africa is a signatory to, has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of alleged war crimes, which requires Pretoria to arrest him, debates have arisen about whether this will create an obstacle to Putin attending the BRICS Summit from August 22-24, hosted by South Africa.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party plans to introduce a parliamentary bill on the withdrawal of South Africa from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which was announced by party leader Julius Malema in a media briefing.
"We as the EFF will be introducing a private members bill in Parliament to effect the withdrawal of South Africa from the International Criminals Court, which has thus far proven to be a biased instrument of global imperialism," Malema said.
Continuing the theme of bias, the party
leader referred to the court's inability to bring charges against American presidents for their military actions against Middle Eastern countries.
"The ICC did not do anything about former US President George Bush for the wars in Iraq and turned a blind eye when Barack Obama and NATO illegally invaded Libya to assassinate brother leader Muammar Gaddafi. South Africa and other African countries must withdraw from the ICC and the EFF will lead that effort,” Malema contended.
Apart from that, Malema, who has already vowed to protect Putin if he decides to visit South Africa to,
has accused the US of using the ICC as an instrument to pursue its narrow political agenda.
"It is clear that the US seeks the destruction of Russia, and has no interest in a peaceful resolution to the conflict. They preach non-alignment when they are spending billions of dollars to support Ukraine with military equipment," Malema said.
Last month South Africa's President Cyril
Ramaphosa said the South African authorities would proceed to consider the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party's decision that the country should withdraw from the ICC in view of the upcoming BRICS summit.
However, later the South African presidential office has provided "clarifications" on his statement and said that the nation will remain in the institution.
This is not the first time South Africa has threatened to withdraw from the court: in 2016, former President Jacob Zuma sent a letter to the ICC expressing South Africa's intention to leave the court after refusing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was visiting the country to attend the African Union summit.
However, the decision to leave the international court was later reversed after the High Court ruled in favor of the opposition Democratic Alliance, which challenged the government's decision.
In March, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and his commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, alleging "illegal transfer" of children from a war zone.
The Kremlin stated that Russia is not a party to the ICC and that the alleged crime did not take place because Russian authorities, on the contrary, rescued children from Ukrainian shelling and took them from the war zone to safe areas.
