What do South Africans say about this statement?
- If President Omar Al Bashir is indeed arrested in RSA , it will be a sad day in history of AU and a set back that will dent image of South Africa as a sovereign state as well as AU and it's credibility, UN instructed Bush, Blair and Obama not to invade countries that led to a crime against humanity on those countries they however went ahead with invasion , but ICC has never acted against Bush, Obama and Blair , were their crimes no prosecutable as opposed to African leaders.
- Bullshit! they should have arrestded George W Bush during Mandela memorial, i encourage AU to withdraw from ICC, Bashir is accused by the West, not AU.
- Furthermore, this interim court order confirms that South African Judiciary Authority is representing West interests not those of South Africa and African Continent first. We are South Africans, we are Africans and we are citizens of the world. I commend ANC for this statement.
- The ANC is now really losing its plot as a political party, this is no political matter butt rather a matter of serious urgency Bashir must be arrested that's it, The fact that we are a signatory to the Rome Statute Of the ICC, we are obliged to arrest Him. This whole justifying business of the ANC is not on, That's why its easy for them to shield criminal acts of Officials, one of which is the Nkandla Saga.
- Bush senior and junior, Tony Blair, Obama, Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth must be arrested then we will send our leaders. What about crime against humanity and genocide caused in the middle East, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, in Africa Libya and many Arab world and the Caribbean Islands...
- They must start with George Bush and Tony Blair and Fw de klerk. Icc was designed for Blacks leaders not for white leaders and i believe da ANC govt must act against da icc minority system of da whites to rule majority of Blacks in Africa.
There are many more comments regarding this statement released today and Nkandla is somehow twisted into the fold and do not forget racism!
The African National Congress (ANC) has noted the interim order granted by the High Court in Pretoria preventing the President of Sudan, His Excellency Omar al-Bashir from leaving South Africa pending the hearing of an urgent application brought by the Southern African Litigation Centre to compel South African authorities to arrest him on the strength of two warrants of arrest from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur. President al-Bashir is in South Africa to attend the African Union (AU) Summit underway at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Government gazetted the meeting of the AU for Immunity for all participants as part of the international norms for countries hosting such gathering of the AU or even the United Nations.The ANC welcomes the government's compliance with this requirement and further notes that this Gazette which provided immunity for all persons attending the AU Summit was not contested by any party. It is on this basis, amongst others, that the ANC calls upon government to challenge the order now being brought to compel the South African government to detain President al-Bashir.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress holds a view that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is no longer useful for the purposes for which it was intended - being a court of last resort for the prosecution of crimes against humanity. The fact that compliance with the prescripts of the International Criminal Court is voluntary and countries can choose whether to be a signatory or not, means that gross human violations committed by non-signatory countries go unpunished. Countries, mainly in Africa and Eastern Europe, who due to their unwavering commitment to upholding human rights and universal justice, have elected to be signatories to the ICC continue to unjustifiably bear the brunt of the decisions of the ICC with Sudan being the latest example. The African National Congress calls for a review of the statutes of the ICC to compel all member states of the United Nations to be signatories to the Rome Statute to ensure that the ICC is able to act in accordance with the function for which it was intended - a fair and independent court for universal and equitable justice.
The matter before the High Court in Pretoria relating to the President of Sudan has once again brought to the fore the fundamental flaws of the workings of the ICC and the urgent need for the amendment of the Rome Statute to ensure that justice knows no geographic boundaries or geo-political dynamics.
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