SACP Statement 5 July 2011
Constitutional Court Decision on the Right of the DA to Circulate Offensive
Lies
With respect to the dignity of a body which forms an important part of the
democratic dispensation, which we fearlessly fought for against a
recalcitrant racist apartheid regime, the South African Communist Party
registers in the strongest possible terms its disagreement with the majority
decision of the Constitutional Court, over the offensive and untrue SMS sent
by the racist DA to its supporters.
The Constitutional Court lost an opportunity to educate the South African
population about a number of Constitutional principles. These principles
include but not limited to the following:
. That all rights have limitations, this is equally enshrined in our bill
of rights.
. Human dignity is at the core of human rights, for which we dedicated
our entire struggle for the dignity of the racially oppressed African people
and all South Africans. Freedom of expression is human right too, which
equally must be subjected to a limitation. Therefore, freedom of expression
must be tempered with the concept of human dignity at all the time.
The majority court decision reinforces the idea that any opinion may be
publicly expressed regardless of the truth or its intended harm, in which
case goes against the grain of our constitution. It now prepares the ground
for a culture of insults to be the norm in our body politic. We reiterate
that the judges are wrong in this regard.
Issued by the SACP
Consult Solly Mapaila, 082 886 5970
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