Malema went on to admit he does want to be President, but believes the team is more important than the individual
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Julius Malema was firing on all cylinders this weekend, when he sat down for an interview with the BBC. Juju talked about the ANC’s upcoming elective conference, the future of the ruling party, EFF policy, and what it takes to be President.
According to Mr Malema, the only requirement for a commander-in-chief is to ‘turn up and cut ribbons’. In fact, he stated that ‘any fool’ could become President.
Julius Malema throws shade at Trump and Zuma
“Presidents are just individuals who go around, cutting ribbons. Any fool can be president. We have a stupid president now, and there’s a more stupid president in America too. It’s more about the team your work with. For example, I have a spokesman with a PhD – That’s education I don’t have.”
He also laid in to the ANC ahead of their December Electives. Julius already believes that the conference will collapse, and the decision to replace Jacob Zuma as president will be delayed.
Malema even said that the ruling party isn’t far off splintering. He suggests that a ‘disputed’ Elective Conference will see a breakaway of high-ranking ANC officials, if they fail to get their choice of leader elected.
Malema casts doubt over ANC Elective Conference
“The Elective Conference will be the burial of the ANC. For the first time, we have all structures of the party fighting against each other. It’s likely to collapse, and be disputed. there’s no debate on real issues, how will we solve economic and unemployment crises?”
“The ANC have reached a cul-de-sac, either way there’ll be a breakaway of permanent people with a serious following. The problem with ANC is where it loses power, it loses it’s ‘creme-de-la-creme’, and drunkards take over.”
Juju also went on to clarify the EFF’s manifesto. He stressed that no land would be ‘grabbed’ from white farmers, but that landowners would have to go through a ‘reapplication process’ to prove they are using the land to its full potential. Those who aren’t will have to fork it over to more ‘proactive’ land owners.
What is in the EFF manifesto?
- We’ll give our people land that they can use to feed themselves, and the world
- We will invest in teaching people agricultural skills, and financial sensibility
- We’ll share the ownership of banks and mining sector to redistribute the wealth
- We will invest more in education
“Look at us, look at America: Any fool can be president” – Julius Malema