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Malema gunning for the Botswana 'puppet regime' of Ian Khama
01 Aug 2011 at 10:47hrs | Views
The ANC Youth League has called for a government change in Botswana and said it would establish a "command team" to work towards united opposition against the "puppet regime" of President Ian Khama.
Speaking in Johannesburg after the league's national executive committee meeting yesterday, its president, Julius Malema, said there had been a decline in the influence of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) since Thabo Mbeki's departure from the presidential office.
"The ANC Youth League will also establish a Botswana command team, which will work towards uniting all oppositional forces in Botswana to oppose the puppet regime of Botswana, led by the Botswana Democratic Party," Malema said.
"The BDP is a foot stool of imperialism, a security threat to Africa and always under constant puppetry of the United States."
Malema said the opposition in Botswana needed to be consolidated and that his organisation would help to bring changes in a "democratic manner".
He said a detailed plan would be unveiled once a team had been established to handle the situation in Botswana.
He said that, after the "interaction", a coalition party might be formed because the youth league believed opposition parties in Botswana were not strong enough to "properly topple that government through democratic means".
Speaking in Johannesburg after the league's national executive committee meeting yesterday, its president, Julius Malema, said there had been a decline in the influence of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) since Thabo Mbeki's departure from the presidential office.
"The ANC Youth League will also establish a Botswana command team, which will work towards uniting all oppositional forces in Botswana to oppose the puppet regime of Botswana, led by the Botswana Democratic Party," Malema said.
"The BDP is a foot stool of imperialism, a security threat to Africa and always under constant puppetry of the United States."
Malema said the opposition in Botswana needed to be consolidated and that his organisation would help to bring changes in a "democratic manner".
He said a detailed plan would be unveiled once a team had been established to handle the situation in Botswana.
He said that, after the "interaction", a coalition party might be formed because the youth league believed opposition parties in Botswana were not strong enough to "properly topple that government through democratic means".
Source - timelive
