If we can’t go to church now, don’t use churches for elections, ACDP leader tells ANC
It seems that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s failure to accede to requests from church leaders to allow small gatherings is the last straw for some, who say that, if forced, congregants will ignore the government and gather for praise and worship anyway.
This has outraged some political parties and religious leaders, including the African Christian Democractic Party’s Kenneth Meshoe and Al-Jama’s Mogamad Hendricks. Meshoe also hit out at the governing party, saying it had a long track record of using churches to campaign during the elections. He also claimed to know of churches in the Vaal area which were gathering in spite of the regulations, and insisted that people should not be forced to disobey regulations that stopped them from gathering to worship.
“He trusts bosses more than he does religious leaders and they have been transgressing regulations left right and centre,” he complained.Regulation unhappiness over Eid He said, while he had attempted to make a case for a relaxation around Eid – to both the president and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma – he had been told that it would be unfair, as Christians had also not been allowed to gather during Easter.He said that the president had “left the door open”, which he would use to try and get church gatherings included under Level 3, but said he would adhere to the president’s decisions.
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