CHARLES MOLELE
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa and the African National Congress have issued separate statements to correct the earlier confusion regarding South Africa’s membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Their initial statements suggested that the country was planning to withdraw from the ICC due to concerns over its unfair treatment and bias towards certain countries.
However, Vincent Magwenya, spokesperson for the Presidency, and ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri affirmed that South Africa remains a member of the ICC and will continue to support the fair and consistent application of international law.
This clarification was issued a few hours after Ramaphosa expressed his support for the ANC’s decision to withdraw from the ICC during a state visit of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on Tuesday.
Earlier, Ramaphosa had said that the ANC had decided to withdraw South Africa from the ICC, which last month issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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