Times South Africa
The list of the ANC’s top 100 candidates for parliamentary seats, which was released this week, underlined yet again the ambiguity of the party’s policy on corruption.
The ANC’s election manifesto makes the fight against crime and corruption one of its five priorities for the period to 2014. It declares unequivocally: “Corruption must be stamped out.” Yet, the top 100 nominations include Zuma, who still has to stand trial on 18 main charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
The ambiguity is not confined to the current ruling party. The Congress of the People, which claims to oppose all the worst traits of the ANC, this week offered Alan Boesak — who served a jail term for fraud involving the personal use of international development aid funds intended for children and victims of the apartheid police system — its candidacy for premier in the Western Cape.
The same party is willing to also put Peter Marais, a political buffoon who was once a spectacularly incompetent Cape Town mayor, on their list for parliament because he is perceived to command a few votes.
1 comments:
What a shame! The veterans will always be the untoucheable ones and the ones who will always be 'welcome back' home. Maria Helena
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