MK Party Youth President makes serious threats ahead of elections
MK Party Youth President Bonginkosi Khanyile has made serious threats ahead of the elections if Jacob Zuma isn’t allowed on the ballot.
The Umkhonto WeSizwe – MK Party youth president, Bonginkosi Khanyile, has threatened that all hell will break loose if MK party leader and former president Jacob Zuma is not allowed on the ballot paper.
He said they were prepared to lay down their lives for Zuma, the party’s presidential candidate, ahead of the May general elections, the Independent Online reported. Watch video below.
#MKYouth is addressing the media on the party’s list to parliament and legislatures , Legal battle with the ANC and contemporary political issues in the country. #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/E6avPCOImR
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#MKYouth Interim President Bonginkosi Khanyile says their Presidential Candidate is Jacob Zuma, “We are unavailable to discuss in hotels or any other place,when you call and don’t say Zuma is President, we drop your call and block you.” #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/uzShRzGw9H
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THERE WON’T BE ELECTIONS IF ZUMA IS REMOVED – KHANYILE
“If they remove the MKP and President Zuma from the ballot as the face of the campaign and try to take our rights, there won’t be elections in South Africa,” Khanyile said while addressing the media on Wednesday in Johannesburg.
He urged MK party youth members to stay away and not fight the party’s parliamentary list and warned them not to stage a protest against the list.
“If you are in the youth league, I am commanding you now to stay away from the parliamentary list, stay away, and allow them to put whoever they want. Even if they don’t put me on the list, it’s okay,” he said. His comments come after President Cyril Ramaphosa warned that law enforcement agencies will arrest those who threaten to use violence ahead of the elections.
MK PARTY DISTANCES ITSELF FROM REDDY VIRAL VIDEO
Recently, a KwaZulu-Natal MK supporter, Visvin Reddy, posted a video that went viral on social media, saying that there would be anarchy if the party is blocked from contesting the upcoming general elections. The MK party has distanced itself from Reddy’s comments, saying he is not their member.
Reddy caused an outcry in the video and accused the ANC of doing everything they could to stop his party from contesting the May elections. He said there would be no elections on May 29 if the MK Party were barred from being on the ballot.
MK party national spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, said the party did not support or promote any form of violence.
He said the party leadership and its members watched “with chagrin the video laced with threats purporting to be from a member of our party.”
ITS NOT MK’S POLICY TO THREATEN ANYONE SAYS SPOKESMAN NDHLELA
“The MK Party distances itself from the threats contained in that video, as it is not the party’s policy to threaten anyone and the upcoming general elections,” Ndhlela said in a statement.
“As a registered political party, we uphold and defend the rights of every South African to exercise their rights to free activity and to vote in a climate that is devoid of any threat or hindrance of any kind,” he said.