Malema in ANC legal action sights after 'barrel of a gun' outburst

26 April 2016 - 02:43 By Reuters

The ANC said yesterday it would sue Julius Malema after he threatened to remove President Jacob Zuma's government with the "barrel of a gun". Malema told Al Jazeera television on Sunday the ANC used violence to suppress dissent, citing an incident last year when members of his Economic Freedom Fighters party were ejected from parliament for heckling Zuma."We will run out of patience very soon and we will remove this government through the barrel of a gun," said Malema, Zuma's one-time protege and former ANC youth leader. "Part of the revolutionary duty is to fight and we are not ashamed if the need arises for us to take up arms and fight," Malema said.EFF protest marches were often met with violent resistance by security forces, he said.The ANC said it would pursue legal action against Malema. "These remarks are a call to violence, are inflammatory, treasonable and seditious, and should be treated with extreme seriousness," the party said."The ANC calls on state authorities to urgently investigate this matter and act against such conduct."..

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