MK Party threatens ‘anarchy’ if the party isn’t on the ballot sheet
Supporters of the MK Party are facing backlash after they threatened unrest if the IEC were to prevent the party from getting on the ballot.
Former President Jacob Zuma loyalists and the MK Party supporters have threatened to use violence and anarchy the party is blocked by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) from contesting the upcoming general elections.
African Democratic Change councillor in eThekwini, Visvin Reddy was seen in a video threatening the IEC and saying that there would be no election in this country should the party be sidelined. Watch video below.
“Hear me very carefully, this country will be turned into civil war the day the MK Party is not allowed to campaign and to be on the ballot paper. No one will vote we will make sure that no one will vote” MK Party Visvin Reddy
“We are sending a loud and clear message that if… pic.twitter.com/hEvzTNZiMC
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SENDING A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE
“Hear me very carefully, this country will be turned into civil war that day MK is not allowed to campaign and to be on the ballot paper. No one will vote and no one in this country will vote,” said Reddy.
He said: “We are sending a loud and clear message that if these courts which are sometimes captured, if they stop MK, there will be anarchy in this country. There will be riots like you never seen in this country, there’ll be no election. No South African will go the polls if MK is not on the ballot paper.”
WATCH: Visvin Reddy of the MK Party in Durban openly saying that if the Jacob Zuma led party is barred by the courts from contesting the upcoming elections, there will be anarchy, riots and no one will be allowed to vote. pic.twitter.com/FmqRIjhnKd
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ANC CHALLENGES MK PARTY OVER USE OF UMKHONTO WESIZWE NAME
According to The Citizen, Reddy’s comments came amid dual cases by the ANC, whose ultimate end goal is to see the MK party deregistered and stopped from using the ruling party’s likeness.
Lawyers representing the ANC sent a letter to Jabulani Sibongiseni Khumalo, the founder of the MK party, over its use of the uMkhonto weSizwe logo and trademark.
THE FORMATION OF UMKHONTO WESIZWE
The letter said the ANC has used the uMkhonto weSizwe trademark for decades. It asked Khumalo to stop using the logo and trademark.
The MK party came to the public’s attention when Zuma announced he would not campaign for the ANC ahead of the 2024 general elections and that the MK party would get his vote. He said the current ANC was not the party he once fought for.