The DA is calling on
government to immediately issue the Dalai Lama with a visa to travel to South Africa .
This follows reports that
suggest the Dalai Lama will potentially be denied a visa to enter South Africa to
attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, taking place in Cape Town this month.
DA Media Officer Yaseen
Carelse said The Democratic Alliance challenges President Jacob Zuma, The
Presidency, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of International
Relations and Co-operation to go on record and categorically confirm that South
Africa would have issued a Visa to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, should his
travel plans not have been frustrated by pre-emptory denial speak and
unreasonable delays from South Africa.
Carelse said if we continue
along this path, it is only a matter of time until our politics are overwhelmed
by Communist China’s neo-mercantilist interests.
“If directing the ANC in
Parliament from Luthuli House is not vulgar enough, wait until Beijing directs our affairs in Parliament
Carelse added.
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