Ramaphosa says ANC wants South Africa to pull out of ICC

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party had resolved that the country should quit the International Criminal Court (ICC), which last month issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March meaning Pretoria, due to host Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa bloc (BRICS) summit this year, would have to detain him on arrival.

“Yes, the ANC governing party has taken that decision that it is prudent that South Africa should pull out of the ICC,” Ramaphosa said during a press conference co-hosted with the visiting Finland President Sauli Niinisto.

‘Unfair treatment’

Ramaphosa said the decision, which follows a weekend meeting of ANC, was reached ‘largely’ because of what is perceived as the court’s unfair treatment of certain countries.

“We would like this matter of unfair treatment to be properly discussed, but in the