BOTSWANA GOVERNMENT SHOULD CHARGE MALEMA AND ANC YOUTH LEAGUE WITH SEDITION
The Freedom Front Plus believes that there are sufficient legal grounds for the Botswana government to investigate and charge Julius Malema and the ANC Youth League for the crime of sedition following comments recently made by the organisation according to which they want to set up a Botswana Command Team to force the Botswana government out of office. These comments against the Botswana government is bad for trade between South Africa and Botswana and it is therefore a good thing that the ANC has for once repudiated the ANC Youth League in public.
The ANC Youth League has however according to Beeld of 3 August 2011 in an arrogant manner rejected the rebuke. "This shows that the ANC Youth League intends to continue with their plans to overthrow the government of Botswana . In terms of section 50 of the Botswana Penal Code, sedition is defined as acts which are aimed at incite hatred, disrespect and unhappiness with a specific section of the population against the President of Botswana or Botswana 's legal administration.
It therefore appears that Malema and the Youth League's comments that a regime change is necessary, that the current Botswana government is merely a puppet government of the USA and a foot stool of imperialism, as well as their intention to influence opposition politics in that country in order to bring about a regime change, could possibly qualify as sedition," Adv. Anton Alberts, FF Plus Parliamentary spokesperson on Economic Affairs said.
"There should be enough grounds to arrest Malema and any other member of the ANC Youth League's executive as soon as they enter Botswana . Due to the destabilising effect on economic relations between Botswana and South Africa , the FF plus has written to the office of the Prosecutor General of Botswana for their consideration of the matter," Alberts added. "Alternative charges of crimen injuria and the undermining of section 73 of the Botswana Penal code could also be brought against them."
If the FF Plus, with this action, only succeeds with Malema and the ANC Youth League leadership not being allowed to put foot in Botswana, this action will already have been successful.