UMbalula uthi u-ANC uzothathela izinyathelo uMkhonto Wesizwe

UNobhala Jikelele we-ANC uFikile Mbalula usekuchithile ukubunjwa okusha kweqembu lezepolitiki, uMkhonto weSizwe, wathi leli gama ‘ngele-ANC’ futhi linomlando ocebile. UMbalula uthe iqembu lizolithathela izinyathelo zomthetho iqembu elisha lezepolitiki eliqanjwe ngophiko lwayo lwezikhali, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).

Leli qembu selibhaliswe neKhomishini yoKhetho yaseNingizimu Afrika (IEC), kanti kungenzeka lingenele ukhetho lukazwelonke lwango-2024. UMbalula ube namazwi aqinile ngokumelene neqembu elisha elisebenza ngaphansi kwe-MK, athe liphethe umlando onothile we-ANC.

Yize lowo owayengumengameli we-ANC uJacob Zuma ezomemezela umnyakazo wakhe olandelayo wezepolitiki ngoMgqibelo, kuneziphakamiso zokuthi angase abe yingxenye yeqembu elisha. Phezu kwalokhu, uMbalula uthe ukuvumela ukusungulwa ukuthi kungenele ukhetho ngalelo gama kuwukubukela phansi umlando weqembu.

“UMkhonto weSizwe ungaphansi kwe-ANC. Uma ufuna ukwenza iphathi, ungahamba, kodwa ushiye i-MK nathi. Sizobaphonsela inselelo.” Ngesikhathi ebuzwa ngemibono yakhe mayelana nokuthi uZuma angajoyina kanjani iqembu elisha lezepolitiki, uMengameli we-ANC uCyril Ramaphosa ukusho lokhu.

“UJacob Zuma, ozokwenza isimemezelo, usenesikhathi esengeziwe enza izimemezelo eziningi, ngakho kusasa uzokwenza esinye isimemezelo. Siyakuqaphela lokho, kodwa yini enye engingayenza?” UZuma uzocacisa ngoMgqibelo ukuthi uyingxenye yeqembu elisanda kubhaliswa iMK.