Monday, October 06, 2014

DA calling on President Zuma to issue Dalai Lama visa

Oscar Thomas
06 October 2014

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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