MK Party slams Ramaphosa: ‘Fugitive sits next to Trump’
The MK Party, led by Jacob Zuma, had previously urged the US to investigate the matter. Ndhlela claimed Ramaphosa’s farm is a crime scene.
“What you have there sitting next to Donald Trump is a fugitive,” says MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela, referring to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s meeting with the US President at the Oval Office in Washington, DC.
Ndhlela believes Ramaphosa should have addressed the controversy surrounding the $580 000 (approximately 10 418 977.90 ZAR) stolen from his Phala Phala farm in 2020 during the meeting.
RAMAPHOSA MEETING WITH TRUMP UNDER SCRUTINY
The MK Party had previously called on Trump’s administration to investigate the matter. The party’s president, Jacob Zuma, had discussed the need for transparency and accountability regarding the Phala Phala farm incident.
The meeting between Ramaphosa and Trump focused on concerns about “white genocide” and land grabs in South Africa.
MK PARTY’S RESPONSE TO THE MEETING
Ndhlela told SABC News that Ramaphosa’s actions constitute criminality, making his farm a crime scene. “What should be happening is that they should be prosecuting him and asking him to actually respond as to how he was found with all those dollars on his couch, and also then account according to the international law of the US, which is the FCPA.”
“This is what should be happening because they are sitting with a person who has caused criminality, and that farm of his is a crime scene.”
The meeting between the Presidency and Trump concluded with Ramaphosa describing the interaction as “good,” despite initial apprehensions about potential public humiliation.
Ramaphosa has described his bilateral meeting with Trump to South African media as “robust and fruitful.”
“We had a really good bilateral, although a number of issues came up, which you will all have observed, and we were able to have a robust engagement with Mr. Trump in your presence.
“Following that engagement, which you all witnessed, we retired to the Cabinet Room for lunch. We were then able to have really good in depth exchanges with President Trump and his other officials,” the President said.
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