ActionSA Appalled by Contemptible Conduct in the KZN Legislature
Press Statement by Herman Mashaba
ActionSA President
ActionSA is appalled by the violent scenes witnessed in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature earlier today reflecting a disturbing contempt for the institutions of government where democracy should be anchored in mutual respect and a shared commitment to the people we represent and whose interests must always come first.
ActionSA believes that today’s scenes are a clear sign of the erosion of respect for democracy, for one another as political parties, and for voters, which is a crying shame and has regrettably become commonplace in councils, legislatures and Parliament.
Democracy means that when no single party can form a government, those parties that do come together to form a coalition and command the required majority become the government and, put simply, when the numerical strength to achieve this is absent, violence can never be the answer.
ActionSA calls on all political parties and their leaders to rebuild mutual respect and respect for our democracy and its democratic institutions, as this is the very least we owe to our voters, and the scenes witnessed today are something we should all recognise as contrary to our values as a country.
ActionSA Appalled by Contemptible Conduct in the KZN Legislature
ActionSA is appalled by the violent scenes witnessed in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature earlier today reflecting a disturbing contempt for the institutions of government where democracy should be anchored in mutual respect and a shared commitment to the people we represent and whose interests must always come first.
ActionSA believes that today’s scenes are a clear sign of the erosion of respect for democracy, for one another as political parties, and for voters, which is a crying shame and has regrettably become commonplace in councils, legislatures and Parliament.
Democracy means that when no single party can form a government, those parties that do come together to form a coalition and command the required majority become the government and, put simply, when the numerical strength to achieve this is absent, violence can never be the answer.
ActionSA calls on all political parties and their leaders to rebuild mutual respect and respect for our democracy and its democratic institutions, as this is the very least we owe to our voters, and the scenes witnessed today are something we should all recognise as contrary to our values as a country.