SACP denounces the extra-territorial interference by Western imperialist embassies in South Africa
4 February 2019
The SACP strongly condemns the unwarranted and condescending attitude by the embassies of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland towards South Africa and our highest executive state institution, the Presidency. The SACP welcomes the statement by the Department of International Relations and Co-operation, Dirco, in expressing strong displeasure at the joint memorandum by embassies of these countries issued recently in the form of a communiqué to the South African Presidency.
The SACP calls upon all these embassies, their ambassadors and political capitals to immediately stop their imperialist interference in our country, withdraw their offensively extra-territorial memo and unconditionally apologise to the people of South Africa. As South Africans we are perfectly capable of dealing with our own problems and challenges and we need no patronising lectures or supervision, especially from embassies whose countries have a notorious history of promoting bloodshed, corruption, human rights violations and destabilisation in other countries.
The SACP particularly and strongly condemns the US embassy for this provocative and disrespectful behaviour. Our government has not used such methods to attack the US, a country whose governments have hitherto been involved in imperialist destabilisation methods in other countries, including inhumane separation of Latin American children from their parents whilst seeking refuge, and a country whose current government is pursuing intentions to build inhumane walls against other peoples of the world.
Not only does the conduct displayed by the imperialist embassies violate all international diplomatic protocols as pointed out by Dirco, but is deeply offensive and an attack on our national sovereignty. Some of these countries have in the past used their embassies as the frontline in their offensive actions in destabilising many developing countries.