Al-Bashir: DA to request Public Protector investigation into the use of state resources to enable his escape
21 June 2015
As the days pass since Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir fled the country, a growing body of evidence points to an elaborate and well-coordinated plot by the Presidency, in collusion with the Security Cluster, to facilitate his escape (see Sunday Times here, City Press here and M&G here).
The DA will request a full investigation by the Public Protector to determine who was responsible for authorising the use of state resources to enable Al-Bashir’s unlawful departure. It cannot be right that domestic and international laws are flouted to protect an alleged war criminal and human rights violator while the government of President Zuma remains silent and avoids answering pertinent questions.
The most recent reports make a number of startling revelations about the state’s complicity:
1. African Union (AU) Chairperson, President Robert Mugabe, summoned President Zuma and AU Commission Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in order to guarantee President Al-Bashir’s immunity and safe passage while in South Africa;