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Malema reaching a point of no return - ANC
31 Mar 2012 at 20:22hrs | Views
Johannesburg - ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will reach a point of no return if he continues hurling insults at ANC leaders, the ruling party said on Saturday.
"Attacks directed at the ANC leadership and the president [Jacob Zuma] in particular have been going on for some time and have reached intolerable levels of disrespect," ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.
"If this assault and insults on the ANC leadership by Malema continues, he will be unwittingly dragging himself to a precipice where a point of return is impossible in the eyes of ANC members."
On Friday, Malema derided Zuma's leadership during a centenary lecture in Johannesburg, saying Zuma had replaced democracy with dictatorship.
He said the league was being traumatised and suppressed under Zuma's leadership.
Mthembu said Malema's comments were "devoid of any truth."
"We hold a very dim view of his utterances particularly coming from a person who professes to have blood that is black, green and gold."
"Instead of attacking the African National Congress on a public platform, Malema should have used existing channels within the organisation to raise his concerns," said Mthembu.
This was not the first time Malema, who was also an ANC national executive committee member, had attacked ANC leaders.
"Attacks directed at the ANC leadership and the president [Jacob Zuma] in particular have been going on for some time and have reached intolerable levels of disrespect," ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.
"If this assault and insults on the ANC leadership by Malema continues, he will be unwittingly dragging himself to a precipice where a point of return is impossible in the eyes of ANC members."
On Friday, Malema derided Zuma's leadership during a centenary lecture in Johannesburg, saying Zuma had replaced democracy with dictatorship.
He said the league was being traumatised and suppressed under Zuma's leadership.
Mthembu said Malema's comments were "devoid of any truth."
"We hold a very dim view of his utterances particularly coming from a person who professes to have blood that is black, green and gold."
"Instead of attacking the African National Congress on a public platform, Malema should have used existing channels within the organisation to raise his concerns," said Mthembu.
This was not the first time Malema, who was also an ANC national executive committee member, had attacked ANC leaders.
Source - Sapa
