Zille needs to be arrested, she has gone ‘berserk’ – Mbalula

ANC elections head Fikile Mbalula believes Western Cape premier Helen Zille has lost the plot and needs to be arrested after she vowed to organise a tax boycott, if voters voted for “corruption” again.

The premier took to social media vowing to boycott personal income tax if voters cast their votes for the ruling party. Zille believes that if people voted for the ANC again it would be high time for taxpayers to withhold their payments.

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The said those who paid income tax were not getting value for their money, suggesting the reason behind this being that the ANC was stealing taxes meant to support the poor. According to the premier, those who voted for the ANC were complicit in corruption. “It’s as simple as that,” she wrote.

Should people vote for the ANC, she has vowed to organise a tax revolt, claiming she had tried the electoral route for years, but voters appeared to “like voting for corruption.”

“As I see it, this election is the last chance the voters have to vote against corruption. And it is clear – a vote for the ANC (even under Cyril) is a vote FOR corruption. If the voters fail the democracy test again, its time for additional methods. #TaxRevolt,” she wrote.

Mbalula appears to believe Zille may have lost it and needs to be detained. He criticised her threat and said this was why the DA’s head of policy, Gwen Ngwenya, resigned just weeks before the party’s manifesto rally.

https://twitter.com/MbalulaFikile/status/1089111814661656576

The premier has received some backlash over her comments, with some calling them irresponsible, as she is still a premier.

Excuse me Helen. Am I reading this right. Are you as a current provincial premier suggesting that if a free and fair election in 2019 were to result in an ANC win, you would be calling for a tax revolt. Is this even legal? Are you not being politically irresponsible?

— Adam Habib (@AdHabb) January 26, 2019

Zille retaliated by stating that putting “criminals” on the election list was also not legal.

Is putting criminals on your election list legal? Is voting for criminals legal? Is it legal to pay tax to a state, well knowing that billions of it will be used to pay bribes? Listen to this: In Vino Veritas:https://t.co/BOO5zgtDIk

— Helen Zille (@helenzille) January 26, 2019

I am committed to addressing corruption in all of its guises & to throwing its perpetrators in jail. In a democracy you prevail by winning elections and implementing your agenda. You can also approach the courts, & other constitutional bodies to intervene when you not in power.

— Adam Habib (@AdHabb) January 26, 2019

Professor Adam Habib said: “What you proposing is illegal. Let’s explore your logic. Where does this stop? If you lose legislation on the parly floor, will you tell your members to stop paying taxes? If a party loses mayoral elections, can it tell its members not to pay rates? Would this not breed anarchy?”

Be serious! Don't let frustration make you act in a manner that undermines the foundation of our democracy. Without democracy, however flawed, we revert to authoritarianism where only those with power survive & everyone else is abandoned. Do we really want to revert to our past?

— Adam Habib (@AdHabb) January 26, 2019

Come on guys. We do not have a one-party state. We have a dominant party state. These are different systems, & even then the dominant party character has eroded significantly in the last decade. And let me be clear, a tax revolt on grounds that one has lost elections is illegal.

— Adam Habib (@AdHabb) January 26, 2019

Honestly, Helen Zille scares me. She sends shivers down my spine. I’m scared of what she and her likes would do to us, my kids, my family should they get more political power.

I’m so so very scared and gravely concerned. pic.twitter.com/PtvFeRoXSH

— Bo Mbindwane (@mbindwane) January 26, 2019

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