UMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ubhengeze ukuba owayesakuba ngumphathiswa wezokhuselo kunye nenkokeli yeCongress of the People (Cope) uMosiuoa Lekota uza kuhlonitshwa ngomngcwabo okhethekileyo osemthethweni ngomhla weshumi elinesine (14) kweyoKwindla.
ULekota usweleke ngoLwesithathu umhla wesine (4) kweyoKwindla, eneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe (77) ubudala.
URamaphosa uphinde wavakalisa amazwi akhe ovelwano kusapho lukaLekota, kwi-Cope, kumaqabane akhe kunye namaqabane akhe kuzo zonke iinkalo zezopolitiko.
Isithethi sikaMongameli uVincent Magwenya uthe uRamaphosa unike imbeko kuLekota “njengomntu othanda ilizwe, umlweli wenkululeko kunye nomkhonzi wabantu, obomi bakhe budibene kakhulu nohambo lwethu lomzabalazo kunye nokufezekiswa kwentando yesininzi”.
UMongameli uthe, “Simhlonipha ngokukodwa ngokuzinikela kwakhe okusemgangathweni ekungacalucalulini ngexesha lomzabalazo wethu nakuMzantsi Afrika okhululekileyo.
“Siyixabisa kakhulu inkonzo yakhe kwiphondo lakhe lasekhaya, apho wayesebenza njengenkulumbuso, nakwimikhosi yethu exhobileyo kunye nokhuseleko lwesizwe sethu, kwindima yakhe njengomphathiswa wezokhuselo.”
ULekota wayekwangusihlalo wokuqala weBhunga leSizwe lamaPhondo.
Ebonisa uxabiso lwesizwe, uRamaphosa ubhengeze ukuba uLekota uza kunikwa umngcwabo okhethekileyo osemthethweni wesigaba sesibini (2) eBloemfontein. Umngcwabo uza kuba nezinto zemibhiyozo ezibonelelwa yiNkonzo yamaPolisa aseMzantsi Afrika, utshilo uMagwenya.
URamaphosa uyalele ukuba iflegi yesizwe iphakanyiswe kwisiqingatha semasti kuzo zonke izikhululo zeflegi ukususela ngoMgqibelo kusasa kutsho ngokuhlwa komngcwabo umhla weshumi elinesine (14) kweyoKwindla.
