ICC expected to rule against SA in Al-Bashir case

The African National Congress (ANC) International Relations Chairperson, Edna Molewa, says it would be unfortunate if the International Criminal Court was to rule against the government in the case involving Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.

She made the comments on the side-lines of the ANC’s National Policy Conference at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.

The ICC is expected to rule on the matter on Thursday.

The Omar Al-Bashir case continues to haunt the South African government.

The country is waiting to hear the international court’s decision on Pretoria’s failure to arrest the Sudanese president when he attended an AU summit in Johannesburg.

There is an international warrant out for his arrest over alleged war crimes.

South Africa is a member of the ICC and the Rome Statute which formed the court.

Molewa says if the court rules against South Africa it will propel them to speed up the withdrawal process.

Meanwhile Molewa touched on Swaziland issues saying turning to the proposals around the International Relations Policy a decision has been taken to finally address the political tension in the country.

Molewa says the Swaziland matter must be referred to SADC.

Also Molewa proposal to downgrade South Africa’s embassy in Israel was not arrived at deep consideration.

“Jewish community have already raised concerns but it can’t be business as usual.”

The policy proposals will have to be ratified at the national elective conference scheduled to take place in December.