The EFF condemns autocratic military government of Botswana's refusal to grant CIC Julius Malema a visa
12 September 2014
The Economic Freedom Fighters condemns the refusal by the autocratic military government of Botswana to grant the CIC Julius Malema a visa.
There are absolutely no grounds for a so-called democratic country to refuse a person a VISA merely on the basis that he holds a different political view to that of the government.
This refusal to grant the CIC permission to visit Botswana confirms that Botswana is not a democratic country. There can never be a democratic country that refuses those who disagree with the acts of its government permission to be visit it. Neither does a democratic government arrest journalists like Botswana did the editor of Sunday Standard Outsa Mokone for publishing a critical story about the ruling dictator Ian Khama.
This is important particularly in light of the approaching elections, which means the dictator is suppressing dissent to stay in power.