Newcomer MK promises radical change, including nationalised banks and a changed Constitution, should it come to power.
Spokesperson of uMkhonto we Sizwe Nhlamulo Ndlela told reporters that should the party win the elections, they will amend the Constitution and ensure that former president Jacob Zuma receives a presidential pardon and once again leads the country.A fiery Ndlela said the party would be willing to engage with the ANC, but not the ‘Cyril Ramaphosa ANC’ because he accused Ramaphosa of buying his presidency.
He was confident that they would become the ruling party in KZN and the opposition in national government. “We could be in a position very soon to determine who will become the president. Whoever becomes president will be told that you will give President Zuma a presidential pardon and then we will bring him back to the national assembly and put him back as president. It is as simple as that.”
Ndlela said they will only engage with parties who are open to changing the Constitution and elaborated on the reasons why MK felt the need to do so: “We need to make changes that will impact ‘our people’, like nationalising mines and to nationalise the Reserve Bank.”ALSO READ | Watch: DA leader answers the ‘Now what?’ question
He said water rights also need to be reformed because water ownership was controlled under the apartheid-system Irrigation Act, which allowed individuals to have control over water. “I can own a whole dam, and not care about the community. If the government wants water for the people, they must buy it from the owners”, Ndlela explained, and referenced Jozini Dam as one such example.
“They have been too comfortable; the MK has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons and they know they cannot be comfortable anymore. We are going to hold them accountable; we are going to be watching them.”
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