uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MK) new High Command Member, Dali Mpofu says the party won’t be drawn into public spats with other political parties, as this is against its constitution. This comes after Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema declared MK Party the biggest and immediate enemy of the red berets.
Addressing the media, Mpofu says the MK Party will stay on the path of uniting what he called left parties and never be derailed and stick to the party’s constitution.
On the other hand, the party says the Jacob Zuma Foundation is the one responsible in dealing with personal issues surrounding its leader.
Yesterday, Malema revealed that he has instructed his party’s lawyers to attach former President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home over the money he owes the EFF.
“The word provocation doesn’t come from me. It comes from the MK constitution. The MK constitution says that we should refrain from being involved in insults and cheap politicking and those kinds of theatrics even when provoked,” says Mpofu.
He says that is the reason why the MK Party will not respond to the EFF leader.
“So, it’s something that drafters of that constitution foresaw before it even happened. So, that’s the wisdom of the people that drafted that constitution. So, that’s why we are saying if provocation comes, people were saying to me why don’t you respond and I said, ‘guys, I’ve only been here for three weeks and you want me to be fired for breaching the constitution,’” he adds.
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