The leader of MK in KZN, said there would be civil war if the party was not allowed to campaign and appear on the IEC ballot paper.
A man wearing a military uniform stands next to a banner for the new left-wing Umkhonto We Sizwe Party during the former president Jacob Zuma’s press briefing at the YMCA Community Hall in Soweto on 16 December. Picture: Ihsaan HAFFEJEE / AFP
This week, MK members were attacking the courts and the IEC on social media amid the IEC deadline for parties to submit the required number of signatures to contest in the 29 May elections.Visvin Reddy, the leader of MK in KwaZulu-Natal, said there would be civil war if the MK party was not allowed to campaign and appear on the IEC ballot paper.“We are sending a loud and clear message that if the courts stop MK, there will be anarchy in this country.
“We don’t judge elections on the day the electorate have gone to the polling station to cast their vote. We look at the process which builds up to the day the electorate has gone to a polling station. The ANC revealed it has taken the MK party to court for trademark infringement. It challenged the party on two fronts: one being the trademark and to deregister MK.The MKMVA was established by the ANC after it disbanded its armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe in 1991.
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