A lawyer representing the victims of atrocities committed in Darfur believes the flight of President Omar al Bashir from South Africa suggests the African National Congress (ANC) government is a lawless regime that is corrupt in the deepest and most profound way.
Speaking exclusively to SABC News in New York, Raymond Brown, who as part of the International Justice Project represents 11 victims recognised by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in proceedings related to crimes in Darfur, accused the government of rejecting a fundamental principle of a constitutional democracy that provides limits on what a government can and cannot do.
Brown’s case at the ICC has been stalled pending the arrest of President Bashir, who has evaded the execution of the ICC arrest warrant since 2009.
The attorney for Darfuri victims had tough words for the South Africa government who stands accused of letting President Bashir slip away, out of their grasp.
“It suggests it’s a lawless regime, it suggest a regime that’s corrupt in the deepest and most profound way, not necessarily about money though that may be the case, but about a disregard for the fundamental principle that democracy has to be hedged by a constitutional regime which provides limits on what government can do…
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