Ramaphosa’s affidavit on Putin arrest warrant is farcical, says DA's Steenhuisen

CAPE TOWN - Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s affidavit on the execution of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin was farcical.

The Presidency has welcomed Tuesday’s North Gauteng High Court order compelling Ramaphosa to make his affidavit public. In his previously confidential affidavit, President Ramaphosa said that the DA was behaving in an irresponsible manner by insisting on this case, given Russia’s threat of nuclear war if its president was arrested.But Steenhuisen said that Ramaphosa was making "straw man" arguments.

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