Johnathan Paoli
A letter from DA Federal leader John Steenhuisen revealing the party’s summary dismissal of shadow minister of Public Enterprises Ghaleb Cachalia after a statement he made on social platform X, regarding the conflict in the Middle-East was leaked on Thursday.
“We cannot, and we will not, emulate the ANC Cabinet’s consistent failure to uphold accountability or implement consequence management. It is the responsibility of all of us, including myself, to act in the best interests of the party in the lead up to the most important election in our history,” Steenhuizen said in the leaked statement.
Cachalia reportedly expressed his solidarity with the Palestinian victims of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, and joined mounting criticism of Israel’s war crimes and human rights violations in the region.
“I will not be silenced. Israel is committing Genocide. Full BLOODY stop,” Cachalia said on Tuesday.
Cachalia said in a post on X
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