The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to withdraw his appointment of Baleka Mbete and Sydney Mufamadi as Special envoys to Zimbabwe.
The DA said is because of their political bias towards the ZANU-PF-led regime in Zimbabwe.
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We are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to withdraw his appointment of Baleka Mbete and Sydney Mufamadi as Special envoys to Zimbabwe because of their political bias towards the ZANU-PF-led regime in Zimbabwe. – @darrenbergman https://t.co/slyuF3sLyi
— Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) August 7, 2020
“We are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to withdraw his appointment of Baleka Mbete and Sydney Mufamadi as Special envoys to Zimbabwe because of their political bias towards the ZANU-PF-led regime in Zimbabwe,” said DA.
However they said failure to withdraw these two individuals will render the mission a farce.
In addition, it’s an attempt by President Ramaphosa to cover up the human rights abuses that Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has been committing against defenseless Zimbabweans.
If the President refuses to withdraw these envoys, they call upon Zimbabweans to rejects these envoys.
“We call on the Zimbabwean people to reject this poor attempt to whitewash their abuse and suffering at the hands of Mnangagwa’s military government,” said DA.
While attending ZANU-PF’s extraordinary congress in December 2017, Mbete, who was representing the ANC, heaped praise on ZANU-PF for the military coup that removed Mugabe, adding that.
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“You achieved a good transition peacefully. I find no bitterness or hatred about your predecessor Mugabe. That is political maturity.
”As ANC we are here to say we are proud to be associated with ZANU-PF and we wish you good luck comrades”.
