Al Jama-ah’s sole member of the Western Cape provincial legislature, Galil Brinkhuis, said he would pray for the ANC to win the upcoming elections. He was acting without his party’s mandate and has since apologised.
Among the Bill’s aims is the economic transformation of the industry and enhancement of the participation of black people and the state in the industry. It includes provisions that promote petroleum resource development sustainably and equitably. In a statement on Wednesday, Al Jama-ah leader and MP, Ganief Hendricks, said Brinkhuis had acted without a mandate by offering prayers for the ANC to win the upcoming elections.
“We will give Brinkhuis a fair chance to explain himself. As a party, we owe it to our supporters and members to provide clarity on this matter,” he added. “What we can make clear is that we have a good working relationship with the party. We have a common goal of ensuring that the DA is removed from power and is replaced with a pro-poor government.”
The give away is that the party appeals to “traditional values” or “family values” or described themselves as “patriots”.Any political party that espouses as one of its core tenets a belief in an amorphous fairytale character that supposedly directs human affairs, is a palpable threat to a peaceable community because it expects that everyone must also believe the same absurd thing.