EDITORIAL: We are not a police state. We are not a military state. We are a constitutional democracy. The wanna-be general would do well to heed that
With equal weight, the relationship with the military, when deployed for civil duty, should also not be adversarial.It is taxpayer money that funds these services to safeguard the welfare of citizens from internal and external threats.
The lockdown in South Africa needs to be sustained; we all know that. But this should not come at the expense of human rights and the right to life.Those returning from shopping have been forced to do press-ups and squats when stopped by the police or military.This borders on Gestapo tactics and is in violation of the very nature of our constitutionally entrenched human rights.
We are not a police state. We are not a military state. We are a constitutional democracy. The wanna-be general would do well to heed that If you are found to be breaking the lockdown rules, you should reasonably expect to be arrested and allow the law to take its course.The military live by a code of discipline. When they interact with the public, it is not the public who should observe the military code of discipline, it is the military that must adopt the humanity of their citizens while maintaining the order required to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
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