MEDIA STATEMENT
BY THE
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
Simelane a Pathetic Appointment
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Inkatha Freedom Party has labelled Advocate Menzi Simelane as a pathetic appointment who will never have the guts to prosecute ANC leaders. The IFP said this in today's Community Safety debate at the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in Pietermaritzburg. Speaking during the debate IFP MPL Mr. Blessed Gwala said: "While I don't want to taint this debate by including the recent appointment of the NPA boss, Advocate Menzi Simelane, I cannot avoid stating that it is a pathetic appointment. No ANC leader will ever be prosecuted after the appointment of Mr. Simelane." Gwala went on to commend the government for recent appointment of KwaZulu-Natal Commissioner, Mmamonye Ngobeni who, he said, is a refreshing departure from ANC policy of political appointments: "This time the ANC government has appointed a police officer, Commissioner Mamoonye Ngobeni, who we hope will be impartial in dealing with criminal cases; unlike Mr. Cele who is a loyal and dedicated cadre of the ANC. "What heartens us about the appointment of Commissioner Ngobeni is that she is a professional police officer who has risen through the ranks. This is a refreshing departure by the ruling ANC from what they did when they appointed the then MEC for Community Safety, Mr. Bheki Cele as National Commissioner of Police," said Gwala. He continued to say that while the IFP is determined to offer the new appointee their full support, they are equally determined to measure her performance against her ambitious pledge to finally make a drastic dent on the intolerable levels of crime in our province. For Further Information: |