UPDATE: South Africa’s ANC party contradicts President Ramaposa’s decision to withdraw from International Criminal Court

President Cyril Ramaposa’s announcement about withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has since been contradicted by the ruling ANC party.

Wednesday, April 26 at 0:59am

According to reports, South Africa’s ANC ruling party has contradicted President Cyril Ramaposa’s announcement that the country would withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Later on Tuesday 25, Vincent Magwenya, the President’s spokesperson, without elaborating further, told Bloomberg that Mr Ramaposa had never said that: “South Africa will withdraw from the ICC,” without elaborating. He told the news outlet over the phone that he would comment further later, as reported by uk.news.yahoo.com.

Tuesday, April 25 at 5:51pm

South African President Cyril Ramaposa said this Tuesday, April 25, that the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) is going to withdraw the nation from the International Criminal Court (ICC), as reported by tass.ru.

According to Ramaposa, the corresponding decision was made against the background of the partiality of the international body. “The decision of the ANC to withdraw from the International Criminal Court is explained by the partiality of the ICC in relation to certain situations”, the President explained.

According to TASS, the implementation of such a step will require support from the South African Parliament. The news agency emphasised that the African National Congress party has the majority and had the opportunity to make a decision.

Previously, the media reported that the government of the Republic of South Africa was seeking legal advice ahead of the BRICS summit and was considering all options to avoid the execution of an ICC warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Naledi Pandor, the Foreign Minister of South Africa, announced on Friday, March 24, that the country’s government had already applied for a ‘legal opinion’ on the International Criminal Court arrest warrant that it issued for Vladimir Putin.