*YCLSA ON THE SENTENCING OF JACKIE SELEBI* *03 AUGUST 2010*
The Young Communist League of South Africa (uFasimba) welcomes the sentencing of Jackie Selebi to 15 years on his corruption court case which was concluded today in the Johannesburg High Court. We are aware that Cde. Selebi still has recourse within the law and in higher courts, and that this sentence or sanction may be reversed. We however want to reiterate the lessons learned from this trial and sanction. The trial signals that no one is above the law, and that irrespective of your struggle credentials or positions you may occupy in government or party politics, there will be consequences for corruption. The trial should also serve as a lesson to serving public office bearers and senior bureaucrats that they have a responsibility to serve as examples in the quest to restore clean governance. We call on government, prosecution and investigating agencies and the courts to deal with corruption in the same way as this case was dealt with, and that this should be celebrated as commitment by these institutions to ensure that we fight corruption wherever it rears its ugly head. We know as a matter of fact that Selebi has played a significant role in shaping the history of our country, as a member of the ANC and as President of the ANC Youth League in exile. We however see this role crumbling in the feet of greed and manipulation and have succumbed to his arrogance and lack of remorse. Selebi owes an apology to our people and our youth who may have fallen victim to his blind policing in exchange of bribes, and also to the ANC and South Africans who have put so much trust in him. As the YCLSA, we are concerned however, that Glen Agliotti may not serve time in prison as the other end of this bilateral corrupt relationship due to plea bargain. Although his testimony has led to the successful prosecution of Selebi, we firmly believe that he should also have had his day in jail. * * *Issued by the YCLSA* *For more information * *contact Gugu Ndima* *0767831516* -- Gugu Ndima +27 76 783 1516 -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
