{"id":3095,"date":"2023-04-25T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:50:42","slug":"president-cyril-ramaphosa-says-governing-party-wants-icc-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/25\/president-cyril-ramaphosa-says-governing-party-wants-icc-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"President Cyril Ramaphosa says governing party wants ICC exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyril_Ramaphosa\">Cyril Ramaphosa<\/a> has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party had resolved that South Africa should quit the International Criminal Court, which last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/3\/17\/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-russias-putin-over-ukraine-crimes\">issued an arrest warrant<\/a> against Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-3851011334\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March meaning Pretoria, due to host the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa bloc summit this year, would have to detain him on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes, the governing party\u2026 has taken that decision that it is prudent that South Africa should pull out of the ICC,\u201d Ramaphosa said during a press conference co-hosted with the visiting President of Finland Sauli Niinisto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ramaphosa, the decision, which follows a weekend meeting of the African National Congress (ANC), was reached \u201clargely\u201d because of what is perceived as the court\u2019s unfair treatment of certain countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe would like this matter of unfair treatment to be properly discussed, but in the meantime the governing party has decided once again that there should be a pull out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrest warrant against Putin followed accusations that the Kremlin unlawfully deported Ukrainian children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/south-african-president-ramaphosa-faces-impeachment-threats-over-farm-scandal\/?amp\">Ramaphosa<\/a> however said the arrest of Putin, was under consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party had resolved that South Africa should quit the International Criminal Court, which last month issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. 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