The Democratic Alliance has stated that it would go ahead with its court case over government’s obligations to execute an international warrant for the arrest of Vladimir Putin although he will no longer be attending the BRICS next month.
Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war
crimes.
According to the DA lawyer, Elzanne Jonker, for a
government to give credence to a threat of war would be the end of both
international and domestic law.
Jonker filed a response on behalf of the DA because at the
time, Ramaphosa’s affidavit was still deemed confidential.
“The DA’s resolute in our stance that the South African
government must not compromise its duty to uphold international law for the
sake of political alliances or the African National Congress (ANC)’s narrow
financial interests” added the DA leader John Steenhuisen.
Steenhuisen said keeping Putin out of South Africa was in
the country’s best interests.
Done by: Alungile Njemla
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