SACP Gauteng supports call for appeal against Walus release

By Tmg Digital | Mar 13, 2016

The South African Communist Party (SACP) in Gauteng says it firmly supports the "principled" call for an appeal against what it calls the extremely controversial and "highly-compromised" court decision to release Chris Hani's murderer‚ Janusz Walus‚ on parole.

 "Whilst we respect the profound principle of the rule of law‚ we also note that the judicial system in our country is not yet transformed and oriented in the spirit and letter of our country‘s constitution.

 "Our judicial system still has a long way to go to internalise and practically give effect to the world renowned values and principles contained especially in the Bill of Rights‚" the party said in a statement on Sunday.

 "We also seek to reaffirm our confidence in the judiciary‚ and the fact that Judges and presiding officers at all levels of the judiciary should make decisions without fear or favour but strictly within the law‚" it added.

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