(16 Jun 2024)
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Johannesburg - 16 June 2024
1. Various of leader of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party Jacob Zuma arriving for press briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Zuma, MK Party leader:
“Where have you ever heard that such a big number of political parties. Not one, not one. Not uMkhonto weSizwe that people don't like. The whole big group of political parties, all complaining simultaneously that we are robbed here. We want this to be looked at.”
3. Wide of MK Party members taking questions
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Zuma, MK Party leader:
“We are going to the international court. So that...so that this country does not have the South African judges doing so. Judges who get angry and sentence you because they hate you. We are going to the judges that look at things, look at the issues. We are going there. It's fine that people are in government now and I hope they did not commit anything wrong, because we are going to dig and dig, and dig until the truth comes through.”
5. Journalists taking notes and photos
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Zuma, MK Party leader
“Let us see the votes properly. We have many stories about votes. Some burnt. You don't even need to listen to what people have to say. There must be a repeat. No, there must be an elections.”
7. Wide of press briefing
8. Wide of MK Party supporters listening
STORYLINE:
Former South African president Jacob Zuma criticized Sunday the country's new coalition government and called for fresh elections.
“There must be a repeat. No, There must be an elections,” Zuma, who’s also the leader of the new uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, said at a press briefing in Johannesburg.
The MK Party came third in the May 29 elections and said none of its 58 newly elected lawmakers will join the ruling collation.
Zuma has previously said that his party won’t negotiate while Cyril Ramaphosa is the leader of the African National Congress (ANC), a position largely driven by Zuma’s animosity toward the man who replaced him as president.
Ramaphosa was reelected as president by lawmakers for a second term on Friday, after his party struck a dramatic late coalition deal.
The 71-year-old Ramaphosa secured his second term with the help of lawmakers from the country’s second biggest party, the Democratic Alliance, and some smaller parties.
“The whole big group of political parties, all complaining simultaneously that we are robbed here. We want this to be looked at.” Zuma said.
The former president told his party supporters that affected parties would take the matter up with courts outside the country, saying the South African judicial system could not be trusted to be impartial.
“We are going to the international court...so that this country does not have the South African judges doing so,” he said.
Zuma also called for new elections to take place, citing irregularities at polling stations.
“Let us see the votes properly. We have many stories about votes. Some burnt. You don't even need to listen to what people have to say,” he added.
Zuma stepped down as president in disgrace in 2018 amid a swirl of corruption allegations.
AP video shot by By Sebabatso Mosamo
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