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Malema dares ministers to arrest him at EFF manifesto

10:27 CAT | 01 May 2016

The Sowetan / Julius Malema

Julius Malema dared ministers to arrest him on Saturday after the African National Congress (ANC) laid charges of treason against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader earlier this week.

Mr Malema warned that even soldiers were members of his party and if President Jacob Zuma used the army against the EFF, their guns would soon be trained against him.

The ANC laid charges of treason against Mr Malema after he told AlJazeera that his party would bring down the government “through the barrel of a gun” if it continued to use violence against protesters and rig elections.

Mr Malama got the 40,000 strong crowd on its feet and he was barely audible from the roars of approval when he said that his party would defend itself against violence by the government.

“Anyone who wants to arrest me, he I am, come and arrest me… I know I only stand for the truth,” he said.

He took aim at state security minister David Mahlobo and police minister Nathi Nhleko, saying he was not afraid of them and that he was in the ANC since they age of nine but had never heard of either of them.

Turning to Mr Zuma, he said he would no longer be president come 2019.

He said there were only two political parties in SA worth mentioning, the EFF and the ANC but if the ANC met the party with violence, it would respond with violence. He dismissed the rest of the country’s parties as “mucked mouse parties”.

“. ..they say the army will be brought for the EFF… but those arms will be directed at them.

“This is an army of our people.

“Very soon those soldiers are going to turn their guns against you (Mr Zuma), be warned,” he said.

Both soldiers and police officers were members of his party and sympathised with it.

Turning to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of SA, Mr Malema said the IEC was the “third party contesting against” the EFF in the upcoming elections. The IEC, he said, had stolen votes in Tlokwe in the North West and in Alexandra in Gauteng in 2014.

He urged the IEC to run a free and fair and peaceful election.

Mr Malema said the EFF did not buy people with food parcels, t-shirts and money.

“You came here empty handed… you will leave empty handed…. but you will leave with hope because the future of the black nation looks proud,” he said.

He held up the EFF manifesto and told supporters that it was their “weapon” as they canvassed for votes ahead of the upcoming polls.

Source: Business Day Live