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Jackson Mthembu lambastes EFF for ‘attack’ on new NPA head

The ANC chief whip says Batohi must not be deterred by unscrupulous and mindless people seeking to draw her to their political wars.


ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu took to Twitter over the weekend to lambaste the leader of the EFF, Julius Malema, for his “attack” on the newly appointed head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), advocate Shamila Batohi.

This comes after Malema told a packed-to-capacity crowd at the Giant Stadium in Soshanguve during the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday: “I’ve got no trust in the newly appointed NPA head. She is very close to Pravin Gordhan.

“She is controlled by a group that is very close to Pravin. They appointed her to protect the crimes of Pravin Gordhan and the cabal of Gordhan and Cyril Ramaphosa.

“The EFF will appoint an independent NPA head who is going to arrest criminals, whether they are EFF criminals [or not].”

On Sunday, Mthembu took to Twitter to question what had motivated Malema’s “unprovoked and unprincipled attack” on Batohi.

“Does the looting of VBS by EFF and fear of prosecution explain this arrogance and total stupidity on his part?” Mthembu further questioned, adding: “Dictum of attack as defence.”

Some EFF members were implicated in the alleged wide-scale looting of the VBS Mutual Bank.

Mthembu further tweeted that Batohi must not be “deterred by some unscrupulous and mindless” EFF leaders seeking “to draw her to their political wars”.

“She must refuse to be an EFF political football,” Mthembu tweeted.

The ANC chief whip offered “free advice” to Malema and his party, urging them not to judge Batohi before she has started her work but should rather do so “by what she does in her appointed position”.

“Some of us are confident that she will do her work without any fear, prejudice, or favour,” Mthembu tweeted.

Mthembu sent a reminder to the leader of the red berets and the party that the commission of inquiry into state capture awaited their evidence under oath that Gordhan had allegedly enabled state capture.

“You are so arrogantly loudmouthed but always fail to prove your allegations. Empty tins…” Mthembu tweeted.

https://twitter.com/Thabisoo_T/status/1092284797924397056

(Compiled by Makhosandile Zulu. Additional reporting, Brian Sokutu)

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