By Simon Nare
Lex Libertas executive director Ernst Roets has challenged International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola to publicly identify and disprove what the government considers misinformation by the civic organisation, insisting that threats of prosecution will not silence it.
The challenge follows ANC heavyweight and chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on international relations, Supra Mahumapelo, calling on Roets to defend his claims about farm attacks and racial discrimination under oath before Parliament.
The dispute has escalated into a political confrontation spanning Pretoria and Washington.
In an open letter to Lamola following a portfolio committee meeting last week, Roets accused the minister of threatening his citizenship by suggesting that Lex Libertas’ engagement with the United States could amount to treason.
He said Lamola had called for legislation “that could have consequences for citizenship”.
“Other ANC representatives raised the prospect of prosecution. You subsequently supported the broader call for a
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