PATHETIC, REHASHED, TRUMPED UP CHARGES
Friday, 22 October 2021
I find the sequence of events that now lead to these stake re-dished up charges being served on me today quiet outrageous. There are no coincidences in life, and certainly not in politics.
After the ANC failed to charge me within the required 30 days, after I was temporarily suspended, and my temporary suspension therefore lapsed, I am now suddenly today (at 06:57 in the morning nogal ) again charged for comments that I am alleged to have made at the Nkandla Residence of President Jacob Zuma, quiet some time ago, over the weekend of the 2nd to the 4th of July.
Suddenly this follows after my attorney, Eric Mabuza, yesterday wrote a letter to the ANC starting the process of filing for the ANC to be declared insolvent, and to be sequestrated. This is vindictiveness, and tit-for-tat, of the worst kind!
So now I am against the "rule of law"?...the ANC was also against the "rule of law". Law cannot rule if it is perceived and experienced to be unjust!
This is a pathetic political spectacle, these are just airborne bubble charges, meant for damage control. I will most certainly not be phased by hot air. The true revolutionary character of the ANC must be defended.
The ANC still talks about the national democratic REVOLUTION. Can a REVOLUTION take place within the rule of a compromised judiciary, and the unjust application of the law?
After my temporary suspension lapsed, because no charges were able to be brought against me, a member of the legal team that respresent me was approached by a senior NEC member of the ANC, asking that I should "drop" the criminal charges comrade McDonald Mathabe and I have laid against the National Office Bearers and the ANC, as 'reciprocation' for my membership having been reinstated.
I responded that I find that outrageous! I will not be bought off, and bribed. I laid those criminal charges because I truly believe serious crimes of fraud and theft have been committed by senior leaders and managers of the ANC. This is mafia-like behavior, trying to buy me off. Behavior that is alien and most unbefitting for the ANC that I know and love.
Now again, with these rehashed charges, there is an effort to intimidate and silence me. They will most certainly not succeed. I will go to the National Disciplinary hearing, no matter how much it is resembling an inquisition, and I will defend myself to the hilt. I will not give an inch. I will stand my ground!
AYESABA AMAGWALA! A LUTA CONTINUA!
CARL NIEHAUS
Statement issued by Carl Niehaus, 22 October 2021
