(NEWZIMBABWE) Defiant Malema vows to fight on
Defiant Malema vows to fight on19/02/2012 00:00:00
by SAPA
JULIUS Malema has called on young people to fight for the “unbanning” of the African National Congress Youth League, state media reported Sunday.
Speaking to followers in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, Malema said he would continue to support the African National Congress even if he was expelled, according to the SABC said.
The ANC's national appeals committee suspended Malema for five years and was considering pleas for leniency for his and other youth leaders' sentences.
Malema said the youth should not be intimidated.
“We are ready to confront every situation,” he was quoted as saying.
“We are fearless, we are more determined to fight for the economic freedom of our people and therefore any form of intimidation is not working.
“Actually, when you intimidate us, you make us to be determined in our calls for the total liberation of our people.”
Malema and his executive were found guilty last November of bringing the ANC into disrepute and of sowing division in the party.
The outspoken youth leader was sanctioned for making comments about regime change in Botswana and comparing President Jacob Zuma unfavourably to his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.
He was handed a five-year suspension from the ANC and but was given an opportunity to plead for a lesser sentence.
Labels: ANC, ANC YOUTH LEAGUE, JULIUS MALEMA
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